charrière

French

Etymology

char +‎ -ière, or from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Doublet of carrière (“career”), taken from Old Occitan. Compare Occitan carrièra, Catalan and Spanish carrera, Portuguese carreira, archaic Italian carraia, Romanian cărare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃa.ʁjɛʁ/

Noun

charrière f (plural charrières)

a path, way, route, or road, large enough to fit carriages, chariots, carts, wagons, etc.

Related terms

Further reading

“charrière” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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