Masculine
Meaning
- (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)
- (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto-Rico, Rioplatense, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of coche de niño (“baby carriage”)
- (Guatemala, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, masculine, slang) clipping of cochino (“pig”)
Concepts
motor-car
railway car
пассажирскийcoach
railroad vehicle
wagon waggon
Synonyms
cochi
vehículo privado
coche privado
vehículo personal
vehículo ferroviario
vagón de pasajeros
Translations
Frequency
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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