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pousse-pousse

rickshaw

noun poos-POOS Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Also means

push-chair (dated)

Usage Note

pousse-pousse is invariable — its plural is identical. It originally referred to a hand-pulled rickshaw, widely seen in colonial-era French literature set in Asia or Africa. In modern informal French, especially in older regions, it can also mean a pushchair or baby buggy, though poussette is far more common for that sense today.

Examples

"Il traverse la ville en pousse-pousse."

Natural Translation

He crosses the city by rickshaw.

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