carport

From car +‎ port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/

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carport (plural carports)

1. A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. [from 1936]

   Franklin decided to improve his carport by walling in the sides and turning it into a garage.

• → German: Carport
• → Swedish: carport

Borrowed from English carport. First attested in 1966.

carport c

1. a carport

   Synonym: (Finland) biltak

• carport in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• carport in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)