caravane
caravan; convoy
noun ka-ra-VAN Less Common
Origin: Persian 'karwan' via Turkish
Also means
trailer (camper)
Usage Note
Caravane can refer to a travelling convoy (especially of merchants or nomads crossing a desert) or, in everyday modern French, a trailer/caravan used for camping. The compound caravane de camping or simply caravane is the standard word where British English says 'caravan' and American English says 'trailer'. Caravanserail shares the same Persian root.
Examples
"Ils voyagent en Europe avec leur caravane."
Natural Translation
They travel around Europe in their caravan.
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