carport

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UK/ˈkɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/

noun

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.

“Near-synonym: porte cochère (not always differentiated)”

Similar
porte cochèrecar port
OriginFrench porte cochère →
Less commonFirst used 1936Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nouncarport (plural carports)

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.First known use 1936

    Near-synonym: porte cochère (not always differentiated)

    1 more example

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

    Synonyms: porte cochère

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
porte cochère

More synonyms by meaning

noungarage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles

Similar
car port
Broader
garage
Also see
porte cochère

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchporte cochère
  2. Englishcarport

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 車棚 /车棚
  • 車棚 /车棚 (chēpéng)roofed structure for automobile storage
Danish carport
  • carportroofed structure for automobile storage
Finnish autokatos
  • autokatosroofed structure for automobile storage
French auvent
  • auventroofed structure for automobile storage
German Carport
  • Carportroofed structure for automobile storage
Norwegian carport
  • carportroofed structure for automobile storage
Polish wiata, zadaszenie
  • wiataroofed structure for automobile storage
  • zadaszenieroofed structure for automobile storage
  • podjazdroofed structure for automobile storage
Russian наве́с для автомоби́ля
  • наве́с для автомоби́ля (navés dlja avtomobílja)roofed structure for automobile storage
Spanish cochera, marquesina
  • cocheraroofed structure for automobile storage
  • marquesinaroofed structure for automobile storage
  • pórticoroofed structure for automobile storage
  • soportalroofed structure for automobile storage
Swedish carport, biltak
  • carportroofed structure for automobile storage
  • biltakroofed structure for automobile storage
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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