charette
/ʃɑːˈrɛt/
charette noun: a small two-wheeled cart; (historical) a chariot.
Noun
charette (plural charettes)
- 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.1872, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], A Dog of Flanders
- A shaggy Indian pony came ambling around the corner between the long shafts of a charette.1904 May, Winston Churchill, The Crossing, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, book II (Flotsam and Jetsam), page 335
- 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.1977, John W. Warden, Citizen Participation. What Others Say…What Others Do…, Charlottesville, Virgina: Mid-Atlantic Center for Community Education, page 6
Proper noun capitalized: Charette
Charette (countable and uncountable, plural Charettes)
- A municipality in the region of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.
- A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- A surname from French.
charette meaning in Bengali
charette in Bengali
- একটি নিবিড় ডিজাইন, পরিকল্পনা অধিবেশন
Forms of charette
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | charettes |
| alternative form | charrette |
| alternative form | charret |
| alternative form | charet |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Charettes |
Origin of charette
Borrowed from French charrette (literally “small cart”). In the modern sense popularized by the US design supply chain Charrette (1969–2009).
Borrowed from French Charette.
Words formed from charette
Words that rhyme with charette
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about charette
- What does charette mean?
- Charette means a small two-wheeled cart; (historical) a chariot.
- What is charette in Bengali?
- Charette in Bengali is একটি নিবিড় ডিজাইন, পরিকল্পনা অধিবেশন. See Charette meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is charette?
- Charette can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce charette?
- Charette is pronounced /ʃɑːˈrɛt/.
- What is the plural of charette?
- The plural of charette is charettes.
Words near charette in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: charette (page history and authors); Charette (page history and authors); charette (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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