carport

== English == === Etymology === From car +‎ port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/ === Noun === carport (plural carports) A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. [from 1936] ==== Descendants ==== → German: Carport → Swedish: carport ==== Translations ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English carport. First attested in 1966. === Noun === carport c a carport Synonym: (Finland) biltak ==== Declension ==== === References === “carport”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “carport”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)