charrette
French, noun/ʃa.ʁɛt/
charrette is spelled C-H-A-R-R-E-T-T-E (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charrette is a French feminine noun meaning “charette (small two-wheeled cart)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voiture à deux roues, avec deux ridelles et deux limons”.
What does charrette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecharette (small two-wheeled cart)
- 2
feminineperiod of intense work (to meet a deadline)
être charrette
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Voiture à deux roues, avec deux ridelles et deux limons. 2. Machine pour approcher du gibier sans lui causer de crainte. 3. Voiture hippomobile à deux ou à quatre places et généralement à deux roues. 4. Période de travail intense.
interjection: 1. Interjection qui marque l’irritation, le dépit, ou aussi l’admiration, le plaisir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of charrette
- charrettes plural
- chairette dialectal
- chârte dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charrette?
- /ʃa.ʁɛt/
- \ʃa.ʁɛt\
- [ʃa.ʁɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charrette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charrette in French?
charrette appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).