charette

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Pronunciation

/ʃɑːˈrɛt/

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/ʃɑːˈrɛt/ · /ʃəˈɹɛt/

Definition of charette

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

A small two-wheeled cart; (historical) a chariot.

“He was in fierce wrath, because Patrasche had been a strong and much-enduring animal, and because he himself had now the hard task of pushing his charette all the way to Louvain.”
“A shaggy Indian pony came ambling around the corner between the long shafts of a charette.”

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noun

A small two-wheeled cart; (historical) a chariot.

“He was in fierce wrath, because Patrasche had been a strong and much-enduring animal, and because he himself had now the hard task of pushing his charette all the way to Louvain.”
“A shaggy Indian pony came ambling around the corner between the long shafts of a charette.”
(US)A period of intense work, especially group work undertaken to meet a deadline.

“Today's charrette is basically a community planning process designed to arrive at implementable plans and solutions to community concerns in a very short time period.”

name

(countable, uncountable)A municipality in the region of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.
(countable, uncountable)A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
(countable, uncountable)A surname from French.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Borrowed from French charrette (literally “small cart”). In the modern sense popularized by the US design supply chain Charrette (1969–2009).

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