noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈkɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/
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CMU ARPABET:K AA1 R P AO2 R T
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1
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Franklin decided to improve his carport by walling in the sides and turning it into a garage.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: car port
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garage
History
Etymology
From car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
車棚 /车棚
(chēpéng)
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Danish:
carport
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Finnish:
autokatos
— roofed structure for automobile storage
French:
auvent
— roofed structure for automobile storage
German:
Carport
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Norwegian:
carport
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Polish:
wiata
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Polish:
zadaszenie
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Polish:
podjazd
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Russian:
наве́с для автомоби́ля
(navés dlja avtomobílja)
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Serbo-Croatian:
nadstrešnica
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Spanish:
cochera
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Spanish:
marquesina
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Spanish:
pórtico
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Spanish:
soportal
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Swedish:
carport
— roofed structure for automobile storage
Swedish:
biltak
— roofed structure for automobile storage
