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charrette

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French charrette, from Middle French charrete, from Old French charrete, from char + -ete (“diminutive”), from Latin carrus. Sense “work to meet a deadline” from French, probably from architecture students loading their work into a cart (pulled by the youngest member) on the day of an exposition.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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charrette (plural charrettes)

  1. (US) A period of intense work, especially group work undertaken to meet a deadline.
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References

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  1. ^ Gaston Esnault (1966)
  2. ^ “charrette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French charrete, from Old French charrete; from char + -ete. Sense “work to meet a deadline” probably from architecture students loading their work into a cart (pulled by the youngest member) on the day of an exposition.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ʁɛt/
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Noun

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charrette f (plural charrettes)

  1. cart
  2. urgent job, vital piece of work

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Portuguese: charrete
  • → Romanian: șaretă

References

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  1. ^ Gaston Esnault (1966)
  2. ^ “charrette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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Old French charrete.

Noun

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charrette f (plural charrettes)

  1. cart (wheeled unpowered vehicle)

Descendants

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References

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  • charrette on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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