Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calèche

/kəˈlɛʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: caleche
IPA: /kəˈlɛʃ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of carriage with low wheels, especially pulled by horses.

Example Sentences

"Francesca promised, and the Queen advancing towards the calèche, hastily followed her. The carriage drove off; though not till Anne had given Voiture a most gracious smile, and bid him remember the verses."
"He laughed merrily, showing his compact row of teeth, and drawing his cap over the bald patch, went out and got into the calèche."
"All that she knew--and this was comforting--was that soon they would all be starting for home: not in a crowded, jostling old coche, but in a calèche. What a wonderful man Bibi was: so grand and powerful and rich, that he had a calèche of his own and could come and go as he pleased."

Etymology

Borrowed from French calèche, from Slavic diminutive of ‘wheel’ (compare Russian коляска (koljaska), Polish kolasa).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: calèche

Inflected Forms

calèches (plural) calash (alternative) caleche (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

berlin landau barouche

Rhymes With

bobèche tête-bêche arbëresh

Questions

How do you pronounce calèche?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈlɛʃ/.
What does calèche mean?: A type of carriage with low wheels, especially pulled by horses.
Where does calèche come from?: It is traced to French.

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