coche
Meaning
- (Mexico,Philippines,Spain,masculine) car, automobile
- (masculine) carriage, coach (a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
- (masculine) car (a passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train)
- (Argentina,Chile,Colombia,Ecuador,Peru,Puerto-Rico,Uruguay,masculine) baby carriage, pram
- (Guatemala,masculine,slang) pig (clipping of cochino)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
co‧che
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkot͡ʃe/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, in reference to Kocs, a village in Hungary where the first horse-drawn vehicles with an innovative suspension system were manufactured in the 15th century. Doublet of coach.
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