"landau" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlæn.dɔː/, /ˈlæn.daʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-landau.wav Forms: landaus [plural]
enPR: lăn'dô' Rhymes: -əʊ, -aʊ Etymology: Named after the German city of Landau, where such carriages were first made. Compare German Landauer. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{cog|de|Landauer}} German Landauer Head templates: {{en-noun}} landau (plural landaus)
  1. A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other. Categories (topical): Carriages, Vehicles Translations (a type of four-wheeled carriage): լանտօ (lantō) (english: Constantinople) (Armenian), landau [masculine] (French), Landauer [masculine] (German), landò [masculine] (Italian), landò [masculine] (Maltese), لاندو (lando) (Ottoman Turkish), lando [neuter] (Polish), lando (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-landau-en-noun-mtXML8gq Disambiguation of Carriages: 53 47 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'a type of four-wheeled carriage': 87 13
  2. (by extension) A style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Carriages
    Sense id: en-landau-en-noun-jOunSGR- Disambiguation of Carriages: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: landaulet, landaulette

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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