rolls royce

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Definition von rolls royce im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

{i} trademark of a luxurious car registered 1908

(Chiefly British, Informal) anything that is the best of its type; the best quality product possible

any of several British companies that make motor cars, aero engines etc

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Relevante Übersetzungen

Rolls-Royce Limited

{i} British car manufacturing firm founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906

Rolls-Royce PLC

British manufacturer of aircraft engines and propulsion and power systems and, for much of the 20th century, a maker of luxury automobiles. Charles S. Rolls, a pioneer motorist and aviator, and Henry Royce, an engineer and carmaker, incorporated Rolls-Royce Ltd. in 1906. The firm's handsome, immaculately engineered cars included the Silver Ghost (introduced 1906 as "40/50 hp" model), a series of Phantoms (1925), the Silver Dawn (1949), Silver Cloud (1955), Silver Shadow (1965), and Silver Seraph (1998). In 1931 Rolls-Royce acquired Bentley Motors Ltd., another maker of fine cars. Rolls-Royce also developed a series of notable piston and jet aircraft engines, beginning with the Eagle (1914); eventually its turbine-engine operations accounted for the largest part of its sales. A fixed-price contract with Lockheed Aircraft (see Lockheed Martin Corp.) to produce an engine for its L-1011 TriStar jetliner drove Rolls-Royce into bankruptcy in 1971. It was split into two companies: its jet-engine division was taken over by the British government and later privatized as Rolls-Royce PLC, while its automobile operations were restructured into Rolls-Royce Motor Holdings Ltd. and privatized. The latter was acquired in 1980 by Vickers Ltd., which sold it to Volkswagen AG in 1998 as part of a novel agreement in which BMW AG would take over the manufacture of cars with the Rolls-Royce name in 2003, while Volkswagen retained the Bentley line

Silbentrennung

rolls Royce

Türkische aussprache

rōlz roys

Aussprache

/ˈrōlz ˈrois/ /ˈroʊlz ˈrɔɪs/

Etymologie

[ 'rOl ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English rolle, from Old French, from Latin rotulus, diminutive of rota wheel; akin to Old High German rad wheel, Welsh rhod, Sanskrit ratha wagon.