Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

droshky

/ˈdɹɒʃki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: droshky
IPA: /ˈdɹɒʃki/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An open horse-drawn carriage, especially in Russia.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Was Tchitcherine there at all? sitting back in the dingy room while the lift cables slapped and creaked through the walls, and down in the street, rarely enough to matter, a droshky rattled whip-snapping over these black old cobbles?"

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дро́жки (dróžki), plural diminutive of дро́ги (drógi, “wagon, hearse”), plural of дрога́ (drogá, “centre pole of a carriage”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: дро́жки

Inflected Forms

droshkys (plural) droshkies (plural) droschke (alternative) drosky (alternative) drozhky (alternative)

Synonyms

droitzschka drosky

Questions

How do you pronounce droshky?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹɒʃki/.
What does droshky mean?: An open horse-drawn carriage, especially in Russia.
Where does droshky come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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