"carport" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-carport.wav [US] Forms: carports [plural]
Etymology: From car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|car|port}} car + port, {{coinage|en|Frank Lloyd Wright|in=1936|nat=American|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=architect}} coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936, {{der|en|fr|porte cochère|lit=coach entrance}} French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} carport (plural carports)
  1. A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (roofed structure for automobile storage): 車棚 (Chinese Mandarin), 车棚 (chēpéng) (Chinese Mandarin), carport [common-gender] (Danish), autokatos (Finnish), auvent [masculine] (French), Carport [masculine] (German), carport (Norwegian), wiata [feminine] (Polish), zadaszenie [neuter] (Polish), podjazd [masculine] (Polish), наве́с для автомоби́ля (navés dlja avtomobílja) [masculine] (Russian), cochera [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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