Chara
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Chara globularis
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Translingual
Etymology
Latin chara (“unknown kind of root”)
Proper noun
Chara f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Characeae – the stoneworts and related green algae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Charophyta – superphylum; Charophyta – phylum; Charophyceae - class; Charales - order; Characeae - family; Chareae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species see Chara at World Register of Marine Species
References
Chara (alga) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Chara (Plantae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Chara on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Chara at AlgaeBase
- Chara at World Register of Marine Species
- Chara at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Chara at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Chara at Paleobiology Database
English
Proper noun
Chara (countable and uncountable, plural Charas)
- (countable) A surname.
- A river in Yakutia, Russia; Russian Ча́ра (Čára)
- Synonyms: Chara River, River Chara
- Ellipsis of Chara language.; A language found in Ethiopia. (ISO 639-3:
cra) - Ellipsis of Chara people.; An ethnic group found in Ethiopia.
- Synonym: Charas
Derived terms
Anagrams
Old Czech
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chara m pers
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Chara (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Chara | Chařě | Chary |
| genitive | Chary | Charú | Char |
| dative | Chařě | Charama | Charám |
| accusative | Charu | Chařě | Chary |
| vocative | Charo | Chařě | Chary |
| locative | Chařě | Charú | Charách |
| instrumental | Charú | Charama | Charami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Chara”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění