Masculine
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coche

Meaning

  1. (Philippines, Spain, masculine) car, automobile
  2. (masculine) carriage, coach (a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
  3. (masculine) car (a passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train)
  4. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto-Rico, Rioplatense, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of coche de niño (“baby carriage”)
  5. (Guatemala, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, masculine, slang) clipping of cochino (“pig”)

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
co‧che
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkot͡ʃe/
Etymology

In summary

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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