English

Alternative forms

• charette
• charret

Noun

charrette ‎(plural charrettes)

1. (US) A period of intense work, especially group work, undertaken to meet a deadline.
2. Alternative spelling of charret

Related terms

• chariot
• charret

References

1. ↑ Gaston Esnault (1966)
2. ↑ “charrette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chatterer

French

Etymology

From Middle French charrete, from Old French charrete; from char + -ete. Sense “work to meet a deadline” probably from architecture students loading their work into a cart (pulled by the youngest member) on the day of an exposition.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁɛt/

Noun

charrette f ‎(plural charrettes)

1. cart
2. urgent job, vital piece of work

Derived terms

• charrette à bras
• charrette anglaise
• charrette des condamnés

References

1. ↑ Gaston Esnault (1966)
2. ↑ “charrette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Old French charrete.

Noun

charrette f (plural charrettes)

1. cart (wheeled unpowered vehicle)

Descendants

• French: charrette

References

• charrette on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)