el
masculine
/kaˈrwaxe/
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Translation
carriage
Word origin
From carro ('cart') plus the suffix -aje, ultimately from Latin carrus, a wheeled vehicle whose name the Romans borrowed from Gaulish. English 'carriage' and 'car' share the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- carrus
- English cognates
- carriage, car
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralcarruajes
Examples
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The bride and groom arrived at the church in a horse-drawn carriage.
XIX.
There is a nineteenth-century carriage in the museum.
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The carriage moved slowly along the dirt road.
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How elegant that golden carriage is!
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We got into the carriage for a ride through the park.
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