cabriolet

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

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.

Anagrams

• carbolite

Etymology

From French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːbrioːˈlɛt/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧bri‧o‧let

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)

Etymology

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 hæfr, Welsh gafr, Old Irish gabor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bʁi.jɔ.lɛ/

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

See also

• coupé-cabriolet

References

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

Further reading

• “cabriolet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowing from French cabriolet, from Italian cabriola.

Noun

cabriolet f (invariable)

1. (automotive) cabriolet

Noun

cabriolet c

1. cabriolet (vehicle)