different between cabriolet vs droptop

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæ.b?i.??le?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

cabriolet (plural cabriolets)

1. An automobile with a retractable top.
2. (originally) A light two- or four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, pulled by a single horse.

Synonyms

• (automobile): convertible
• (carriage pulled by a horse): roadster

Derived terms

• cab

Translations

Anagrams

• bacteriol., carbolite

Dutch

Etymology

From French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?.bri.o??l?(t)/
• Hyphenation: ca?bri?o?let
• Rhymes: -?, -?t

Noun

cabriolet m (plural cabrioletten or cabriolets, diminutive cabrioletje n)

1. cabriolet, convertible (car with a convertible top)
2. cabriolet (light carriage with a convertible top, drawn by one horse)

Derived terms

• cabrio

French

Etymology

From Italian cabriola, cabriole (“horse caper”) +? -et, from Latin capreolus, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”); see also Old Norse hafr (“he-goat”), Old English hæfr, Welsh gafr, Old Irish gabor. Doublet of Chevrolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.b?i.j?.l?/

Noun

cabriolet m (plural cabriolets)

1. a cabriolet carriage
2. a convertible car
3. a knotted cord, each end tied to wood, to tie criminals to by the wrists
4. a Directoire style hat type

Descendants

See also

• coupé-cabriolet

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

• “cabriolet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Alternative forms

• cabriolè

Etymology

Borrowing from French cabriolet, from Italian cabriola.

Noun

cabriolet f (invariable)

1. (automobiles) cabriolet

   Synonym: cabrio

Further reading

• cabriolet in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Swedish

Etymology

From French cabriolet.

Noun

cabriolet c

1. cabriolet (vehicle)

Declension

Synonyms

• cab

Further reading

• cabriolet in Svensk ordbok.

English

Etymology

drop +? top

Noun

droptop (plural droptops)

1. Alternative form of drop top (“convertible car”)