porte cochère

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French porte cochère (literally “coach gateway”): porte (“door; gateway”) (ultimately from Latin porta (“door; entrance; gate; passage”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”)) + cochère (from coche (“stagecoach”) + -ière (feminine form of -ier (suffix forming the names of occupations, etc.)). Coche is ultimately from Hungarian kocsi (“cart; horse carriage”), from Kocs, a village in Hungary known for making carriages. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɔːt kə(ʊ)ˈʃɛə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɔɹt koʊˈʃɛɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Hyphenation: porte coch‧ère === Noun === porte cochère (plural porte cochères or portes cochères) (architecture, road transport) (historical) A gateway through which horse carriages pass, often into a courtyard. Hypernyms: gate, entryway Coordinate term: portcullis A porch, or roof without walls over a driveway, next to the entrance of a building which a vehicle can stop in or under to allow passengers to embark or disembark without being affected by bad weather. ==== Alternative forms ==== porte-cochère, porte-cochere, porte cochere ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== carport === References === === Further reading === porte-cochère on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔʁ.t(ə) kɔ.ʃɛʁ/ === Noun === porte cochère f (plural portes cochères) (architecture, road transport) porte cochère ==== Descendants ==== → English: porte cochère