charette
/ʃɑːˈrɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small two-wheeled cart; (historical) a chariot.
Example Sentences
- "He was in fierce wrath, because Patrasche had been a strong and much-enduring animal, and because he himself had now the hard task of pushing his charette all the way to Louvain."
- "A shaggy Indian pony came ambling around the corner between the long shafts of a charette."
- "Today's charrette is basically a community planning process designed to arrive at implementable plans and solutions to community concerns in a very short time period."
Etymology
Borrowed from French charrette (literally “small cart”). In the modern sense popularized by the US design supply chain Charrette (1969–2009).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Charette
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable