charrière

== French == === Etymology === From char +‎ -ière, or from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Doublet of carrière (“career”), taken from Old Occitan. Compare Occitan carrièra, Catalan and Spanish carrera, Portuguese carreira, archaic Italian carraia, Romanian cărare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.ʁjɛʁ/ === Noun === charrière f (plural charrières) a path, way, route, or road, large enough to fit carriages, chariots, carts, wagons, etc. ==== Related terms ==== carrière char charrier charrette chariot === Further reading === “charrière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012