garage

noun gah-RAZH Less Common

Origin: French garer (to shelter), of Germanic origin

Also means

repair shop, service station

Usage Note

Garage covers both the private garage attached to a house and an automotive repair workshop (un garage Renault). The person who runs a repair garage is a garagiste. Unlike English, the French word is pronounced with stress on the final syllable and a soft zh sound (RAZH). The word is the same in English, borrowed from French.

Examples

"La voiture est dans le garage."

Natural Translation

The car is in the garage.

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