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The French word for carriage is
calèche





carriage

Gender

The gender of calèche is feminine. E.g. la calèche.

Plural

The plural of calèche is calèches.

French Definition


carriage
     1. n. Calèche, carrosse, voiture.
           The sun had gone down full four hours, and it was later than most travellers would like it to be for finding themselves outside the walls of Rome, when Mr Dorrit's carriage, still on its last wearisome stage, 'rattled' over the solitary Campag
           Il y avait au moins quatre heures que le soleil s'était couché et peu de voyageurs se seraient souciés de rester aussi tard en dehors des murs de Rome ; cependant la voiture de M. Dorrit, achevant sa dernière et ennuyeuse étape, réveillait enc
     2. n. Affût, attelage.
     3. n. Wagon.
     4. n. (Ferro) (Royaume-Uni) Voiture.



Translations for carriage and their definitions

carrosse
     1. n-m. carriage (luxury horse-drawn vehicle)
     2. v. first-person singular present of carrosser
     3. v. third-person singular present of carrosser
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of carrosser


wagon
     1. n-m. railway carriage


Voiture
     1. Proper noun. Voiture: ellipsis of astroïde Voiture
     2. n-f. car (motorized vehicle)
     3. n-f. (historical) car (wheeled vehicle usually pulled by a horse)
     4. n-f. car (wagon)


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