charrette

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French charrette, from Middle French charrete, from Old French charrete, from char + -ete (“diminutive”), from Latin carrus. Sense “work to meet a deadline” from French, probably from architecture students loading their work into a cart (pulled by the youngest member) on the day of an exposition.[1][2]

Noun

charrette (plural charrettes)

  1. Alternative spelling of charret

References
  1. Gaston Esnault (1966)
  2. “charrette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French charrete, from Old French charrete; from char + -ete. Sense “work to meet a deadline” probably from architecture students loading their work into a cart (pulled by the youngest member) on the day of an exposition.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ʁɛt/
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Noun

charrette f (plural charrettes)

  1. cart
  2. urgent job, vital piece of work

Derived terms

References
  1. Gaston Esnault (1966)
  2. “charrette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Old French charrete.

Noun

charrette f (plural charrettes)

  1. cart (wheeled unpowered vehicle)

Descendants

References
  • charrette on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
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