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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