landau

See also Landau

English

Etymology

Named after the German city of Landau where such carriages were first made.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlæn.dɔː/, /ˈlæn.daʊ/, X-SAMPA: /l{n.dO:/, /"l{n.daU/
• enPR: lăn'dô'

Noun

a landau (carriage) in a museum

landau (plural landaus)

1. A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.
   • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia, Norton, published 2005, page 23:

     Away they went, and I was just wondering whether I should not do well to follow them, when up the lane came a neat little landau, the coachman with his coat only half-buttoned, and his tie under his ear, while all the tags of his harness were sticking out of the buckles.

2. A style of automobile which is based around the idea of landau carriages.

Derived terms

• landaulet, landaulette

Anagrams

• Luanda

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French

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landau

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɑ̃.do/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

landau m (plural landaus)

1. pram, baby carriage
2. landau (carriage)