karrocë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian carrozza (“carriage”) with semantic conflation with Italian carrozzina (“pram; wheelchair”).

Noun

karrocë f (plural karroca, definite karroca)

  1. carriage, chariot
    Synonym: qerre
  2. cart
    karrocë dore ― wheelbarrow (literally, “hand cart”)
    karrocë fëmijësh ― pram (literally, “child cart”)
    karrocë invalidi ― wheelchair (literally, “disabled person cart”)

References
  • “karrocë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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