WAGON-LIT Definition & Meaning

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wagon-lit

[ French va-gawn-lee ]

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noun

plural wagons-lits

(in continental European usage) a railroad sleeping car.

wagon-lit

/ ��ɡɔ̃�� /

noun

a sleeping car on a European railway
a compartment on such a car

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of wagon-lit¹

First recorded in 1880–85; from French, equivalent to wagon “railway coach” (from English ) + lit “bed” (from Latin lectus )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of wagon-lit¹

C19: from French, from wagon railway coach + lit bed

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Example Sentences

Soon she would be gone, rattling alone in the wagon-lit without me, and he and I would be together in the dining-room of the hotel, lunching at the same table, planning the future.

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"The British have a wagon-lit to ourselves with all possible conveniences: there are several other wagon-lits and a dining saloon," he wrote.

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We were traveling in a wagon-lit from Germany to Paris.

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And the wagon-lit, booked to Syracuse, calmly left stranded in the station of Messina, to go no further.

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Bethune had wired that morning for a wagon-lit, a wise precaution as the train was packed.

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