landau

Etymology

Named after the German city of Landau, where such carriages were first made.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæn.dɔː/, /ˈlæn.daʊ/
• enPR: lăn'dô'

Noun

A landau (carriage) in a museum

landau (plural landaus)

1. A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.
   • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia, Norton, published 2005, page 23:

     Away they went, and I was just wondering whether I should not do well to follow them, when up the lane came a neat little landau, the coachman with his coat only half-buttoned, and his tie under his ear, while all the tags of his harness were sticking out of the buckles.

2. A style of automobile which is based around the idea of landau carriages.

Anagrams

• Luanda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.do/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

landau m (plural landaus)

1. pram, baby carriage
2. landau (carriage)

Further reading

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