cabriolet

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Although his cabriolet was already at the door, he had a few minutes to spare.

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  1. noun A two-wheeled, one-horse carriage that has two seats and a folding top.
  2. noun An automobile with a folding top; a convertible coupe.

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  • Right now it produces Ford Focus coupe-cabriolet, but the volumes are only about a quarter of what was anticipated. —  Top Speed
  • While I would love a new RS4 cabriolet, the 325 is loads of fun to drive and I don't have to sweat where I park. —  The Truth About Cars
  • Among the most enthusiastic singers Ιlodie recognized the handsome dragoon, the little lawyer's clerk, Henry, her first love After the performance the gallant Desmahis called a cabriolet and escorted the citoyenne Blaise back to the Amour peintre In the carriage the artist took Ιlodie's hand between his You know, Ιlodie, I love you I know it, because you love all women I love them in you She smiled I should be assuming a heavy task, spite of the wigs black, blonde and red, that are the rage, if I undertook to be all women, all sorts of women, for you lodie, I swear What! —  Dieux ont soif. English
  • She leaped from the cabriolet, and rushed for the platform The strange sight of a beautiful Court lady in ball dress, pushing her way forward in such agitation, had an instantaneous effect on the crowd, and they opened a way to the centre. —  The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
  • When they were fairly in the cabriolet, there were so many places to call at, and so many persons to see, that it was nearly six o'clock when they reached the hotel. —  Henrietta Temple A Love Story
 

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  1. French, diminutive of cabriole, caper, from obsolete capriole, from Italian capriola, from capriolo, roebuck, from Latin capreolus, masculine diminutive of caprea, roe deer, from caper, he-goat.

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  1. = German kabriolet = Bohemian kabrioletka, etc., from French cabriolet, diminutive, from cabriole, a leap; see capriole. Now shortened to cab: see cab.
 

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/kæbrɪəˈleɪ/
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