fiacre

[ fee-ah-ker, -ahk; French fya-kruh ]

noun

, plural fi·a·cres [fee-, ah, -kerz, -, ahks, fya, -k, r, uh].

1. a small horse-drawn carriage.

fiacre

/ fɪˈɑːkrə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiacre¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiacre¹

C17: named after the Hotel de St Fiacre , Paris, where these vehicles were first hired out

Example Sentences

I catch a glimpse of Yvonne with six students all in one fiacre, but Yvonne has been given the most comfortable place.

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You pass a student perhaps and a girl, hurrying home—a fiacre for a short distance is a luxury in the Quarter.

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In Paris you may wear a blue blouse and make the turn of the Bois in a fiacre.

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He, too, took a fiacre and drove at once to the apartment of Baroness Racowitz.

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I think he'll be all right now, but if he should be worse don't leave him; send some one to this address—send a fiacre.

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