calèche

== English == === Alternative forms === calash, caleche === Etymology === Borrowed from French calèche, from Slavic diminutive of ‘wheel’ (compare Russian коляска (koljaska), Polish kolasa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈlɛʃ/ Rhymes: -ɛʃ === Noun === calèche (plural calèches) A type of carriage with low wheels, especially pulled by horses. Coordinate terms: berlin, landau 1918, Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 179) He laughed merrily, showing his compact row of teeth, and drawing his cap over the bald patch, went out and got into the calèche. ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French calèche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaːˈlɛʃ/ Hyphenation: ca‧lè‧che === Noun === calèche f (plural calèches, no diminutive) light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn open carriage with a low wheelbase and a large distance between front and rear axles (historical) wide bonnet == French == === Etymology === From Slavic (compare Russian коляска (koljaska)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.lɛʃ/ === Noun === calèche f (plural calèches) calèche, carriage === Further reading === “calèche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012