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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescharrette
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sha-rette
"Hanno tenuto una charrette per il nuovo progetto urbanistico."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An intense, usually multi-day workshop in which various stakeholders and professionals collaborate to develop a comprehensive design or planning solution.
"The city planning committee organized a three-day charrette to gather community input for the new downtown revitalization project." - 2
A final, frenzied period of intense work on a project shortly before a deadline.
"The design team went into an overnight charrette to finalize the architectural blueprints before the morning submission."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed from French, where charrette originally meant 'little cart' (diminutive of char). The term evolved at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 19th century, where architecture students rushed to finish their design projects on wheeled carts pushed to instructors, eventually coming to describe any intense, last-minute collaborative brainstorming or design session.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Charrette" is said worldwide
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charrette
Transliteration: sha-ret
"Les architectes ont organisé une charrette pour finir les plans."
Planungsworkshop
Transliteration: PLA-nungs-verk-shop
"Das Team nahm an einem intensiven Planungsworkshop teil."
charrette
Transliteration: sha-rette
"Hanno tenuto una charrette per il nuovo progetto urbanistico."
taller de diseño
Transliteration: ta-llher de di-se-ño
"El equipo participó en un taller de diseño intensivo."
workshop de projeto
Transliteration: uork-shop de pro-je-to
"Eles organizaram um workshop de projeto para definir o plano diretor."
विचार-मंथन कार्यशाला
Transliteration: vichar-manthan karyashala
"शहरी योजना के लिए एक विचार-मंथन कार्यशाला आयोजित की गई थी।"
联合工作坊
Transliteration: lián hé gōng zuò fāng
"团队举行了一场密集的设计联合工作坊。"
디자인 워크숍
Transliteration: dijain wokeu-syop
"도시 계획을 위한 집중 디자인 워크숍이 열렸다."
シャレット
Transliteration: sharettto
"新しい都市計画のために数日間のシャレットが行われた。"
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