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porte-cochere

porte-co·chere
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pawrt-koh-shair, -kuh-, pohrt-]
    • /ˌpɔrt koʊˈʃɛər, -kə-, ˌpoʊrt-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pawrt-koh-shair, -kuh-, pohrt-]
    • /ˌpɔrt koʊˈʃɛər, -kə-, ˌpoʊrt-/

Definitions of porte-cochere word

  • noun porte-cochere a covered carriage entrance leading into a courtyard. 1
  • noun porte-cochere a porch at the door of a building for sheltering persons entering and leaving carriages. 1
  • noun porte-cochere a large covered entrance for vehicles leading into a courtyard 0
  • noun porte-cochere a large roof projecting over a drive to shelter travellers entering or leaving vehicles 0
  • noun porte-cochere a large entrance gateway into a courtyard 0
  • noun porte-cochere a kind of porch roof projecting over a driveway at an entrance, as of a house 0
See all 6 definitions of porte-cochere

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Origin of porte-cochere

First appearance:

before 1690
One of the 49% oldest English words
1690-1700; < French: gate for coaches

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Parts of speech for Porte-cochere

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Porte-cochere

porte-cochere popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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