calèche

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calèche

  • /kəˈlɛʃ/

Rhymes with -ɛʃ

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Borrowed from French calèche, from Slavic diminutive of ‘wheel’ (compare Russian коляска (koljaska), Polish kolasa).

noun calèches · calash · caleche

  1. A type of carriage with low wheels, especially pulled by horses. Francesca promised, and the Queen advancing towards the calèche, hastily followed her. The carriage drove off; though not till Anne had given Voiture a most gracious smile, and bid him remember the verses.

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noun type of carriage

Françaiscalèche
DeutschKalesche
Italianocalesse

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"calèche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cal%C3%A8che. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{cale_che_2026,
  title = {calèche},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cal%C3%A8che},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}