berline

B3E1R1L1I1N1E1

noun

A sedan-type (saloon-type) car.

OriginFrench berline →
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Meanings

nounberline (plural berlines)

plural berlines

  1. QuebecautomotiveA sedan-type (saloon-type) car.
  2. alternativehistoricalAlternative form of berlin (“type of carriage”).

    The King usually set out at ten o'clock in the morning, riding in a berline drawn by eight horses and driven by a huge coachman and a light postilion.

    1970, History Today, volume 20, numbers 1-6, page 388

Origin

  1. Frenchberline
  2. Frenchberline
  3. Englishberline

Borrowed from French berline.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

NieblerEberlinBrinlee
Cite this entry
APA

berline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berline

MLA

“berline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “berline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berline.

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