fiacre

American  

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

noun

plural

fiacres

1. a small horse-drawn carriage.

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fiacre British  

/ fɪˈɑːkrə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of fiacre

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

Example Sentences

The Emperor regularly nipped down to Katherina's house for coffee after early morning Mass. Delighted Viennese fiacre drivers called him "Herr Schratt."

From Time Magazine Archive

Charlotte de Corday arrived in Paris, bought a kitchen knife for 40 sous, took a fiacre to Marat's residence where she was refused admittance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says one minister: "We're going to take Paris out of the age of the fiacre."

From Time Magazine Archive

As he left the house two elegant young men rode up in a fiacre.

From Time Magazine Archive

Settled back in the slow, smoothly rolling fiacre we moved up the Avenue de l'Opéra, passed the locked doors of the shops, their windows lighted, the Avenue broad and shiny and almost deserted.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway