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See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"

Translingual

Symbol

car

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kari'na.

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of horse.

Alternative forms

Noun

car (plural cars)

  1. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.
    Synonyms: auto, motorcar, vehicle, (US) automobile, (Britain, colloquial) motor, (obsolete) carriage; see also Thesaurus:automobile
    She drove her car to the mall.
    • 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown‎, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
      I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎:
      If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
  2. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal
    1. (dated) A cart.
    2. (dated) A chariot.
    3. (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
  3. Any vehicle designed to run on rails
    1. (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
      Synonyms: railcar, wagon, carriage
      The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
    2. (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
      The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
    4. (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
      From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
    5. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
    Synonyms: carload, wagonload
    We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
    • 1907, Texas Agricultural, Mechanical College System, Bulletin, volumes 93-117, page 5:
      This market reports only one or two cars per day, selling by the hundred weight, and at a price a little lower than that of Indian corn.
  4. The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
    Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.
  5. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
    Synonym: carriage
    The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
  6. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
    Synonyms: gondola, (balloons only) basket
  7. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
    • 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim‎, →ISBN, page 201:
      On boats 25 feet or more, it is best to mount a mast car and track on the front of the mast so you can adjust the height of the pole above the deck
  8. (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
    Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
  9. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
  10. (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
  11. (Internet) Deliberate misspelling of cat.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → French: car
  • → Russian: кар (kar)
  • ⇒ Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)
  • → Japanese: カー
Translations
railway car, railroad carriage — see carriage
passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not — see carriage
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See also

Etymology 2

Diagram for the list (42 69 613). The car of the first cons is 42, and the cdr points the next cons.

Acronym of contents of the address part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.

Noun

car (plural cars)

  1. (programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
    Antonym: cdr
    Holonym: cons
    • 2000, Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach:
      The elements of a list are the successive cars along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the car, the car of the cdr, the car of the cdr of the cdr, etc.
Derived terms

Gallery

  • A hydrogen-powered car.
    A hydrogen-powered car.
  • Freight cars.
    Freight cars.
  • A self-propelled passenger car.
    A self-propelled passenger car.
  • Ferris wheel cars.
    Ferris wheel cars.
  • Car on a sailboat.
    Car on a sailboat.
  • Car of a Zeppelin.
    Car of a Zeppelin.

References

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros. Compare Romanian car.

Noun

car n (plural cari)

  1. chariot
  2. ox-cart

Related terms

Aynu

Noun

car

  1. mouth

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

car (feminine cara, masculine plural cars, feminine plural cares)

  1. expensive
    Synonyms: alt, costós
    Antonym: barat
  2. (poetic) dear
    Synonyms: estimat, amat, apreciat

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin quārē (“how; why”). Compare French car.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

car

  1. (archaic) as, since, because, for
    Synonym: perquè

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κάροιον (károion, “yard, spar”), from Ancient Greek κεραίᾱ (keraíā).

Pronunciation

Noun

car m (plural cars)

  1. (nautical) foreyard

Further reading

  • “car” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

Noun

car m anim

  1. tsar

Declension

Declension of car (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative car carové
genitive cara carů
dative carovi, caru carům
accusative cara cary
vocative care carové
locative carovi, caru carech
instrumental carem cary

Derived terms

Further reading

  • car in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • car in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French quer (“as, since, because, for”), from Latin quārē (“how; why”). Compare Catalan car.

Conjunction

car

  1. as, since, because, for
    J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait.
    I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
    • c. 1656–1662, Blaise Pascal, “Dossier de travail - Fragment n° 10 / 35”, in Pensées [Thoughts]‎:
      Car dans la création de l’homme Adam en était le témoin et le dépositaire de la promesse du sauveur qui devait naître de la femme, lorsque les hommes étaient encore si proches de la Création qu’ils ne pouvaient avoir oublié leur création et leur chute.
      For in the creation of man, Adam was the witness and the depositary of the promise of the saviour who would be born of woman, when the men were still so close to the Creation that they could not have forgotten their creation and their fall.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English car, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman and the Old Northern French car, variant of Old French char. Doublet of char.

Noun

car m (plural cars)

  1. a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach
    Synonym: autocar
    Les élèves vont à l’école en car. ― The pupils go to school by coach.
Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Interlingua

Adjective

car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

  1. dear; beloved; cherished
  2. expensive

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish caraid, from Proto-Celtic *kareti (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).

Pronunciation

Verb

car (present analytic carann, future analytic carfaidh, verbal noun carthain, past participle cartha)

  1. to love
  2. be devoted to

Conjugation

conjugation of car (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present caraim carann tú;
carair† 		carann sé, sí caraimid carann sibh carann siad;
caraid† 		a charann; a charas /
a gcarann*; a gcaras* 		cartar
past char mé; charas char tú; charais char sé, sí charamar; char muid char sibh; charabhair char siad; charadar a char /
ar char* 		caradh
past habitual charainn / gcarainn‡‡ chartá / gcartᇇ charadh sé, sí / gcaradh sé, s퇇 charaimis; charadh muid / gcaraimis‡‡; gcaradh muid‡‡ charadh sibh / gcaradh sibh‡‡ charaidís; charadh siad / gcaraidís‡‡; gcaradh siad‡‡ a charadh /
a gcaradh* 		chartaí / gcarta퇇
future carfaidh mé;
carfad 		carfaidh tú;
carfair† 		carfaidh sé, sí carfaimid;
carfaidh muid 		carfaidh sibh carfaidh siad;
carfaid† 		a charfaidh; a charfas /
a gcarfaidh*; a gcarfas* 		carfar
conditional charfainn / gcarfainn‡‡ charfá / gcarfᇇ charfadh sé, sí / gcarfadh sé, s퇇 charfaimis; charfadh muid / gcarfaimis‡‡; gcarfadh muid‡‡ charfadh sibh / gcarfadh sibh‡‡ charfaidís; charfadh siad / gcarfaidís‡‡; gcarfadh siad‡‡ a charfadh /
a gcarfadh* 		charfaí / gcarfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcara mé;
go gcarad† 		go gcara tú;
go gcarair† 		go gcara sé, sí go gcaraimid;
go gcara muid 		go gcara sibh go gcara siad;
go gcaraid† 		— go gcartar
past dá gcarainn dá gcartá dá gcaradh sé, sí dá gcaraimis;
dá gcaradh muid 		dá gcaradh sibh dá gcaraidís;
dá gcaradh siad 		— dá gcartaí
imperative caraim car caradh sé, sí caraimis caraigí;
caraidh† 		caraidís — cartar
verbal noun carthain
past participle cartha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
car char gcar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian caro, from Latin carus.

Adjective

car

  1. dear

Middle French

Conjunction

car

  1. for (because)

Descendants

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan , from Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

car m (feminine singular cara, masculine plural cars, feminine plural caras)

  1. dear
  2. expensive

Old French

Noun

car oblique singular, m (oblique plural cars, nominative singular cars, nominative plural car)

  1. Alternative form of char

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Adjective

car

  1. dear

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ). Doublet of cesarz, cezar, and kajzer.

Pronunciation

Noun

car m pers

  1. (historical) czar, tsar, tzar (title of the former emperors of Russia)
    Synonym: (colloquial) batiuszka

Declension

Declension of car
singular plural
nominative car carowie/cary (deprecative)
genitive cara carów
dative carowi carom
accusative cara carów
instrumental carem carami
locative carze carach
vocative carze carowie

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • car in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • car in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin carrus (“wagon; cart”).

Pronunciation

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key):

Noun

car m (plural chër) (Ville Unite)

  1. wagon, cart

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros. Sense 3 is influenced by French char and/or Italian carro armato.

Noun

car n (plural care)

  1. cart
  2. chariot
  3. (outdated) tank (military vehicle)
Declension
Declension of car
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) car carul (niște) care carele
genitive/dative (unui) car carului (unor) care carelor
vocative carule carelor
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

car

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căra

Etymology 3

From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.

Alternative forms

Noun

car m (plural cari)

  2. death-watch beetle
Declension
Declension of car
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) car carul (niște) cari carii
genitive/dative (unui) car carului (unor) cari carilor
vocative carule carilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cor (“act of putting”), verbal noun of fo·ceird (“to put”).

Noun

car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

  1. job
  2. twist, turn
  3. trick (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. bit

Derived terms

Adverb

car

  1. somewhat, quite, rather
    Tha thu car fadalach. ― You're somewhat late.
    Thig an stòiridh gu ceann car obann. ― The story came to an end somewhat abruptly.

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, *cьsarь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

Noun

cȁr m (Cyrillic spelling ца̏р)

  1. czar, emperor, monarch
    Podajte caru carevo, a Bogu Božje. ― Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor and God what belongs to God.
    • 1971, Branko B. Radičević, Baš-Čelik, Belgrade, page 1:
      Bijaše jedan car, i imađaše tri sina i tri ćerke.
      There once was a tsar and he had three daughters and three sons.

Declension

Declension of car
singular plural
nominative cȁr cȁrevi
genitive cȁra cȁrēvā
dative cȁru cȁrevima
accusative cȁra cȁreve
vocative cȁre / cȁru (rare) cȁrevi
locative cȁru cȁrevima
instrumental cȁrem cȁrevima

Derived terms

References

  • “car” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian cȁr, from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sàːr/, /t͡sáːr/

Noun

cār m anim (female equivalent caríca or cārinja)

  1. tsar

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. cár
gen. sing. cárja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		cár cárja cárji
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		cárja cárjev cárjev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		cárju cárjema cárjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		cár cárja cárje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		cárju cárjih cárjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		cárjem cárjema cárji

See also

Further reading

  • “car”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin quārē (“why”).

Adverb

car

  1. (archaic) because
    Synonym: porque

Further reading

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

car (nominative plural cars)

  1. (weapon) bow

Declension

declension of car
singular plural
nominative car cars
genitive cara caras
dative care cares
accusative cari caris
vocative 1 o car! o cars!
predicative 2 caru carus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh carr, from Proto-Brythonic *karr, from Proto-Celtic *karros.

Pronunciation

Noun

car m (plural ceir)

  1. car

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
car gar nghar char
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra.

Pronunciation

Noun

car

  1. car
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 6:
      An awi gome her egges wi a wheel an car taape,
      And away went her eggs, with the car overset.

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129

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Proper noun

car

  1. god
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