drive-in

See also: drive in

English

Etymology

Deverbal from drive in.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

drive-in (not comparable)

1. (US, of an establishment) Providing service to patrons who remain in their automobiles and partake while parked.

   Coordinate term: drive-through (adj)

   drive-in church; drive-in funeral parlor

2. (Philippines) motel; motor inn

Derived terms

• drive-in movie
• drive-in theatre

 

Translations

providing service to patrons in their automobiles

• Finnish: drive-in-

Noun

drive-in (plural drive-ins)

1. (US, Canada, Australia) An outdoor cinema where movies are projected onto a large screen and patrons watch from inside their vehicles, listening either by a speaker or a designated radio frequency.
   • 1975, David Manning White, Popular Culture, page 154:

     Owners and sponsors of the drive-ins feel that in three-quarters of their patrons they have tapped a practically prehistoric strain of human—the hitherto non-movie-goer.

   • 2000, Mary Alampi, Dun & Bradstreet/Gale Group Industry Handbook, page 26:

     This fact may seem surprising since the major movie studios, reluctant to risk cheapening their images by releasing first-run films to drive-ins, made only older movies affordable to drive-in operators.

   • 2000, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2000 Year Book Australia, page 346:

     At the end of June 1997, there were 325 cinema sites and 28 drive-in sites in Australia.

2. (US, Canada) A restaurant where patrons remain in their vehicles to consume their meals; the meal may be ordered and delivered to one's vehicle by a carhop waiter; or may require patrons to use a service counter. The cars in the parking lot serve as the patrons' dining room, there being a lack of dining rooms and tables.

   The teenagers went down to the drive-in to order some hamburgers and fries.

   • 1965 May 7, Don Moser, The nightmare of life with Billy, LIFE, page 101,
3. (US, Canada) A drive-through restaurant where patrons remain in their vehicles and order food and beverages via a speaker phone; the meal is delivered by a service window accessible by car.
   • 1986, Business Week, numbers 2967-2978, page 136:

     Even before franchising genius Ray A. Kroc approached Mac and Dick McDonald to become the licensing agent for their small San Bernardino (Calif.) restaurant, scores of drive-in operators had begun copying McDonald′s speedy burger-fries-and-shake menus. Love contends that Kroc′s success came largely from his commitment to automating the preparation of drive-in meals.

   • 2006, Reid Duffy, Reid Duffy's Guide to Indiana's Favorite Restaurants: With a Recipe Sampler, page 135:

     For during the fabled Indiana blizzard of ′78, Tom found himself trapped inside the kitchen of the drive-in for three days before his family, and—more to the point—his customers, could reach him.

Synonyms

• (outdoor cinema): drive-in cinema, drive-in movie, drive-in theater/drive-in theatre
• (drive-in restaurant): drive-in restaurant

Hyponyms

• (drive-in restaurant): drive-through, drive-through restaurant

Descendants

• → Japanese: ドライブイン (doraibuin)
• → Portuguese: drive-in

Translations

outdoor cinema

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 得來速／得来速 (zh) (déláisù)

• Esperanto: envetura kinejo
• Finnish: drive-in-elokuvateatteri
• French: ciné-parc (fr) m, drive-in (fr) m
• German: Autokino (de) n
• Hungarian: autósmozi
• Icelandic: bílabíó n
• Italian: cineparco (it) m, cineparcheggio (it) m, autocinema m, autocine m, drive-in (it) m
• Japanese: ドライブインシアター (doraibu-in shiatā), ドライブイン (ja) (doraibu-in)
• Portuguese: drive-in (pt) m
• Russian: автокинотеа́тр (ru) m (avtokinoteátr), драйв-и́н m (drajv-ín)
• Spanish: autocine m, autocinema m (Mexico)

drive-in restaurant

• Finnish: drive-in-ravintola, autoravintola

drive-through restaurant — see drive-through

See also

• car hop

Anagrams

• Vidrine, diviner

Finnish

Etymology

< English drive-in

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑi̯ʋˌin/, [ˈdrɑ̝i̯ʋˌin]

Noun

drive-in

1. drive-in (any establishment providing drive-in service)

   Mennäänkö drive-iniin syömään?

   Would you want to eat in a drive in?

Declension

Inflection of drive-in (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		drive-in	drive-init
genitive		drive-inin	drive-inien
partitive		drive-iniä	drive-inejä
illative		drive-iniin	drive-ineihin
		singular	plural
nominative		drive-in	drive-init
accusative	nom.	drive-in	drive-init
	gen.	drive-inin
genitive		drive-inin	drive-inien
partitive		drive-iniä	drive-inejä
inessive		drive-inissä	drive-ineissä
elative		drive-inistä	drive-ineistä
illative		drive-iniin	drive-ineihin
adessive		drive-inillä	drive-ineillä
ablative		drive-iniltä	drive-ineiltä
allative		drive-inille	drive-ineille
essive		drive-ininä	drive-ineinä
translative		drive-iniksi	drive-ineiksi
abessive		drive-inittä	drive-ineittä
instructive		—	drive-inein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of drive-in (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative drive-inini drive-inini accusative nom. drive-inini drive-inini gen. drive-inini genitive drive-inini drive-inieni partitive drive-iniäni drive-inejäni inessive drive-inissäni drive-ineissäni elative drive-inistäni drive-ineistäni illative drive-iniini drive-ineihini adessive drive-inilläni drive-ineilläni ablative drive-iniltäni drive-ineiltäni allative drive-inilleni drive-ineilleni essive drive-ininäni drive-ineinäni translative drive-inikseni drive-ineikseni abessive drive-inittäni drive-ineittäni instructive — — comitative — drive-ineineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative drive-inisi drive-inisi accusative nom. drive-inisi drive-inisi gen. drive-inisi genitive drive-inisi drive-iniesi partitive drive-iniäsi drive-inejäsi inessive drive-inissäsi drive-ineissäsi elative drive-inistäsi drive-ineistäsi illative drive-iniisi drive-ineihisi adessive drive-inilläsi drive-ineilläsi ablative drive-iniltäsi drive-ineiltäsi allative drive-inillesi drive-ineillesi essive drive-ininäsi drive-ineinäsi translative drive-iniksesi drive-ineiksesi abessive drive-inittäsi drive-ineittäsi instructive — — comitative — drive-ineinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative drive-inimme drive-inimme accusative nom. drive-inimme drive-inimme gen. drive-inimme genitive drive-inimme drive-iniemme partitive drive-iniämme drive-inejämme inessive drive-inissämme drive-ineissämme elative drive-inistämme drive-ineistämme illative drive-iniimme drive-ineihimme adessive drive-inillämme drive-ineillämme ablative drive-iniltämme drive-ineiltämme allative drive-inillemme drive-ineillemme essive drive-ininämme drive-ineinämme translative drive-iniksemme drive-ineiksemme abessive drive-inittämme drive-ineittämme instructive — — comitative — drive-ineinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative drive-ininne drive-ininne accusative nom. drive-ininne drive-ininne gen. drive-ininne genitive drive-ininne drive-inienne partitive drive-iniänne drive-inejänne inessive drive-inissänne drive-ineissänne elative drive-inistänne drive-ineistänne illative drive-iniinne drive-ineihinne adessive drive-inillänne drive-ineillänne ablative drive-iniltänne drive-ineiltänne allative drive-inillenne drive-ineillenne essive drive-ininänne drive-ineinänne translative drive-iniksenne drive-ineiksenne abessive drive-inittänne drive-ineittänne instructive — — comitative — drive-ineinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative drive-ininsä drive-ininsä accusative nom. drive-ininsä drive-ininsä gen. drive-ininsä genitive drive-ininsä drive-iniensä partitive drive-iniään drive-iniänsä drive-inejään drive-inejänsä inessive drive-inissään drive-inissänsä drive-ineissään drive-ineissänsä elative drive-inistään drive-inistänsä drive-ineistään drive-ineistänsä illative drive-iniinsä drive-ineihinsä adessive drive-inillään drive-inillänsä drive-ineillään drive-ineillänsä ablative drive-iniltään drive-iniltänsä drive-ineiltään drive-ineiltänsä allative drive-inilleen drive-inillensä drive-ineilleen drive-ineillensä essive drive-ininään drive-ininänsä drive-ineinään drive-ineinänsä translative drive-inikseen drive-iniksensä drive-ineikseen drive-ineiksensä abessive drive-inittään drive-inittänsä drive-ineittään drive-ineittänsä instructive — — comitative — drive-ineineen drive-ineinensä

Derived terms

compounds

• drive-in-elokuvateatteri
• drive-in-kaista
• drive-in-pankki
• drive-in-ravintola

 

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English drive-in.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾajˈvĩ/ [dɾaɪ̯ˈvĩ], (careful pronunciation) /ˈdɾaj.vi ˈĩ/ [ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi ˈĩ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾajˈvĩ/ [dɾaɪ̯ˈvĩ], (careful pronunciation) /ˈdɾaj.vi ˈĩ/ [ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi ˈĩ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾajˈvĩ/ [dɾaɪ̯ˈvĩ], (careful pronunciation) /ˈdɾaj.ve ˈĩ/ [ˈdɾaɪ̯.ve ˈĩ]

Noun

drive-in m (plural drive-ins)

1. drive-in (an outdoor cinema)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English drive-in.

Adjective

drive-in m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. drive-in

Declension

Declension of drive-in (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	drive-in		drive-in	drive-in	drive-in
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	drive-in		drive-in	drive-in	drive-in
	definite	—		—	—	—

Noun

drive-in n (plural drive-in)

1. drive-in

Declension

Declension of drive-in

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) drive-in	drive-inul	(niște) drive-in	drive-inle
genitive/dative	(unui) drive-in	drive-inului	(unor) drive-in	drive-inlor
vocative	drive-inule		drive-inlor