fiacre

American

[fee-ah-ker, -ahk, fya-kr^uh] / fiˈɑ kər, -ˈɑk, ˈfya krə /

noun

a small horse-drawn carriage.

fiacre British

/ fɪˈɑːkrə /

noun

a small four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, usually with a folding roof

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noun

fiacres

plural

Etymology

Origin of fiacre

1690–1700; < French; after the Hotel de St. Fiacre in Paris, where such carriages were first for hire

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