How to pronounce fiacre
American English pronunciation
fee-AH-ker
- IPA
- /fiˈɑkɚ/
- Syllables
- fee · AH · ker (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What fiacre means
A small horse-drawn cab for hire
In a sentence: Visitors to the old city can still hire a fiacre for a slow ride through the streets.
Where it comes from: It is French, named after a Paris inn, the Hotel de Saint Fiacre, that rented out carriages in the 1640s.
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