porte cochère
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porte cochère
- /ˌpɔːt kə(ʊ)ˈʃɛə/ UK
- /ˌpɔɹt koʊˈʃɛɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French porte cochère (literally “coach gateway or coachman's 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.
noun porte cochères · portes cochères · porte-cochère · porte-cochere · porte cochere
- A gateway through which horse carriages pass, often into a courtyard. We had admirable Noſes to ſmell out proper Places, and your Houſes with Porte-Cocheres were ſure to have enough of our Company.
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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.
Near-synonym: carport (not always differentiated)
Similar: carport
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noun gateway through which horse carriages pass
| 中文 | 馬車門廊 /马车门廊 mǎchēménláng |
|---|---|
| Français | porte cochère |
noun porch, or roof without walls over a driveway, next to the entrance of a building in or under which a vehicle can stop to allow passengers to embark or disembark
| Español | puerta cochera |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 車寄せ kurumayose |
| 中文 | 車寄 /车寄 chējì, 馬車門廊 /马车门廊 mǎchēménláng, 迎賓車廊 /迎宾车廊 yíngbīnchēláng |
| Français | porte cochère |
| Русский | въездная а́рка vʺjezdnaja árka |
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