cabriolet

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See also: Cabriolet

English

A cabriolet.
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Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

Noun

cabriolet (plural cabriolets)

  1. An automobile with a retractable top.
  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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Dutch

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Etymology

From French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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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

Declension of cabriolet
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cabriolet cabrioletul (niște) cabriolete cabrioletele
genitive/dative (unui) cabriolet cabrioletului (unor) cabriolete cabrioletelor
vocative cabrioletule cabrioletelor

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

Noun

cabriolet c

  1. cabriolet (vehicle)

Declension

Declension of cabriolet 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative cabriolet cabrioleten cabrioleter cabrioleterna
Genitive cabriolets cabrioletens cabrioleters cabrioleternas

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