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cabriolet

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See also: Cabriolet

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

Noun

cabriolet (plural cabriolets)

  1. An automobile with a retractable top.
    • 2014, Porsche 356 Owners Workshop Manual 1957-1965
      Bodywise, the car suffers from the demon rust badly, too. Look at the wings, the door bottoms, boot, and, on cabriolets especially, the inner doors and door pillar rears.
  2. (originally) A light two- or four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, pulled by a single horse.
    • 1829, Augustus Bozzi Granville, St. Petersburgh, a journal of travels to and from that capital:
      Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.
    • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, [], published 1842, →OCLC, page 72:
      "I think," said Isabella, startling Louisa, who had been watching the cabriolet down the street, "that Lady Penrhyn might have asked you to go with mamma."

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Etymology

From French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkaː.bri.oːˈlɛ(t)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧bri‧o‧let
  • Rhymes: , -ɛt

Noun

cabriolet m (plural cabrioletten or cabriolets, diminutive cabrioletje n)

  1. cabriolet, convertible (car with a convertible top)
  2. cabriolet (light carriage with a convertible top, drawn by one horse)

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Descendants

  • Indonesian: kabriolèt
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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cabriola, cabriole (horse caper) + -et, from Latin capreolus, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (buck, he-goat); see also Old Norse hafr (he-goat), Old English hæfer, Welsh gafr, Old Irish gabor. Doublet of Chevrolet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.bʁi.jɔ.lɛ/
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
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Noun

cabriolet m (plural cabriolets)

  1. a cabriolet carriage
  2. a convertible car
  3. a knotted cord, each end tied to wood, to tie criminals to by the wrists
  4. a Directoire style hat type

Descendants

See also

References

  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

Italian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French cabriolet, from Italian cabriola.

Noun

cabriolet f (invariable)

  1. (automotive) cabriolet
    Synonym: cabrio

Further reading

  • cabriolet in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

Noun

cabriolet n (plural cabriolete)

  1. cabriolet

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

  • cabriolet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

Noun

cabriolet c

  1. cabriolet (vehicle)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

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