Meanings
nounembarcadère (plural embarcadères)
plural embarcadères · alternative embarcadere
- rareA pier, a wharf.
From here one reaches the open air when one leaves the embarcadère.
1981, Stefan Koppelkamm, Glasshouses and wintergardens of the nineteenth century, page 961 more example
When I left next morning the Doctor came with me in the pirogue all the way to the embarcadère at Lambaréné […]
1975, James Cameron, Point of departure, page 173
Origin
- Spanishembarcadero
- Frenchembarcadère
- Englishembarcadère
From French embarcadère, from Spanish embarcadero.
More words from French, Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French embarcadère
- embarcadèrea pier, a wharf
Spanish embarcadero
- embarcaderoa pier, a wharf
Welsh glanfa
- glanfaa pier, a wharf
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