cabriolet French · revision 16100

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1755, Correspondance littéraire}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ka.bʁi.jɔ.lɛ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cabriolet''' ''m'' (plural cabriolets)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from [[cabrioler|t=to caper]], because of the light carriage's bouncing motion.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)^(FEW|2, 305a) The verb comes from [[cabriole]] (1562, “cabriolle”), earlier “capriole”, borrowed from [[it|capriola]], from “capriolare”, from “capriolo” “roe deer” ([[la|capreolus]]); the ⟨b⟩ is due to a crossing with [[cabri|t=kid (young goat)]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Correspondance littéraire'' (1755) has it for a light horse-drawn carriage with two wheels and a folding hood.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The same year (1755–1757) it named a woman's bonnet worn at the back of the head, framing the face, and Boiste (1829) a small armchair with a curved back.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse) Delvau (1866) records a slang ''cabriolet'' for the cord tying an arrested man's wrists.^(GLLF 1989) In 1928 Larousse used it for a car body that converts into an open car.^(BHVF)^(GLLF 1989) English ''cabriolet'' dates from 1766, and ''cab'' is short for it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1562 – ''Cabriolle''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1755 – The carriage.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1757 – A bonnet.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 1766 – English ''cabriolet''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1829 – An armchair, in Boiste.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1866 – Slang: a cord for wrists.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1928 – A convertible car.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|convertible]] (car).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(historical)'' A cabriolet (light two-wheeled carriage).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(historical)'' A bonnet framing the face: ''chapeau cabriolet''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # A small armchair with a curved back.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[coupé-cabriolet]]

+ * [[cabrioler]]

+ * [[cabriole]]

+ * [[cabri]]

+ * [[chevreuil]]

+ * [[en|cabriolet]]

+ * [[en|cab]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}