cabriolet
/kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An automobile with a retractable top.
Example Sentences
- "Bodywise, the car suffers from the demon rust badly, too. Look at the wings, the door bottoms, boot, and, on cabriolets especially, the inner doors and door pillar rears."
- "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."
- ""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.""
Etymology
Borrowed from French cabriolet.