fiacre
- noun
- /fiˈɑːkrə/
- Archaic
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fiacre
- In the bustling streets of Paris, we hailed a fiacre to take us to the museum.
Examples
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Horse-drawn carriages, or fiacres, clopped by, carrying photo-snapping tourists.
Academic text (2008) -
By taxi, fiacre?
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- Why don't you sit in the fiacre--
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The fiacre was a classic sight, transporting visitors through the charming neighborhoods of 19th-century France.
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As the tourists climbed into the fiacre, the driver tipped his hat and called out a friendly greeting.
Synonyms
A horse-drawn carriage that people hire like a taxi
A taxi allowed to pick up people on the street
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage people hired in cities long ago
An expensive hired carriage used for special occasions
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Etymology
Fiacre comes from the name of a Paris inn, the Hôtel de Saint-Fiacre, where people would go to 'hire' horse-drawn carriages long ago. People began to call the hired carriage a fiacre, so the word now means a taxi-like, horse-drawn carriage.