cabriolet

See also Cabriolet

English

A cabriolet.

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kæ.bɹi.ə.ˈleɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

cabriolet (plural cabriolets)

1. An automobile with a retractable top.
2. (originally) A light two-wheeled carriage with a folding top pulled by a single horse.

Synonyms

• (automobile): convertible
• (carriage pulled by a horse): roadster

Derived terms

• cab

Translations

an automobile with a retractable top

• Bulgarian: кабрио (bg) (kabrio) n
• Danish: cabriolet (da) c
• Dutch: cabriolet (nl) m, cabrio (nl)
• Finnish: avoauto (fi)
• French: cabriolet (fr) m

• German: Cabrio (de) n, Cabriolet (de) n, Kabriolett (de) n
• Macedonian: кабриолет (mk) (kabriolét) m
• Russian: кабриолет (ru) (kabriolét) m
• Spanish: convertible (es) m, descapotable (es) m

a light two wheeled carriage with a folding top pulled by a single horse

• Bulgarian: кабриолет (bg) (kabriolet) m
• Dutch: cabriolet (nl) m, cabrio (nl)
• Finnish: hevoskärryt
• French: cabriolet (fr) m

• German: Kalesche (de) f
• Macedonian: кабриолет (mk) (kabriolét) m
• Russian: кабриолет (ru) (kabriolét) m

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• Norwegian: kabriolet c
• Swedish: cabriolet c, cab c

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Dutch

Etymology

From French cabriolet, itself via Italian capriola from Latin caper 'wild goat'

Noun

cabriolet m (plural cabrioletten or cabriolets, diminutive cabrioletje)

1. cabriolet (carriage or car)

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French

Etymology

From Italian cabriola, cabriole (“horse caper”) +‎ -et, from Latin capreolus, from Proto-Indo-European *kap-ro (“buck, he-goat”); see also Old Norse hafr (“he-goat”), Old English hæfr, Welsh gafr, Old Irish gabor.

Noun

cabriolet m (plural cabriolets)

1. a cabriolet carriage
2. a convertible car
3. a knotted cord, each end tied to wood, to tie criminals to by the wrists
4. a Directoire style hat type

See also

• coupé-cabriolet

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

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Italian

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Etymology

French

Noun

cabriolet f (invariable)

1. (automotive) cabriolet

Synonyms

• cabrio

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Swedish

Noun

cabriolet c

1. cabriolet (vehicle)

Declension

Declension of cabriolet

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cabriolet	cabrioleten	cabrioleter	cabrioleterna
genitive	cabriolets	cabrioletens	cabrioleters	cabrioleternas

Synonyms

• cab