Universal word for bakkie

I live in South Africa where we call a two or four seater cabbed vehicle with a bin a bakkie. A truck which takes large loads is not a bakkie. Bakkies are always around the size of a car. However bakkie is a colloquial term.

I was looking for an international or universally recognised term for this.

Truck:

noun

1. a large, heavy road vehicle used for carrying goods, materials, or troops; a lorry.

synonyms: lorry, articulated lorry, heavy goods vehicle, juggernaut;

Lorry:

noun BRITISH

a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck. "a lorry driver"

synonyms: truck; juggernaut

Neither of the above are right and a juggernaut is not correct either.

So what is the correct term?


Solution 1:

I think pick-up truck is the term used in other countries:

Bakkie:

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  • a small vehicle with an open part at the back in which goods can be carried

Pickup truck:

  • a small vehicle with an open part at the back in which goods can be carried

(Cambridge Dictionary)

As a side note, the term bakkie derives from dialectal Dutch bakkie:

  • Borrowing from Afrikaans bakkie, from dialectal Dutch bakkie, from bak ‎(“a tough/cool car”, slang) + -ie ‎(“-y, -ey”, diminutive suffix).

(Wiktionary)

Solution 2:

Trucks, lorries and juggernauts are much larger than bakkies.

Oxford Dictionaries Online define bakkie as a light truck or pickup truck.

So you can use one of those two terms.