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See also: Cart, CART, çart, and cart.

English

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A wooden cart

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”),[1] akin to Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”).

Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).

Noun

cart (plural carts)

  1. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
    Coordinate term: (usually with four wheels on two axles) wagon
    The grocer delivered his goods by cart.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.
  2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
  3. (Internet) A shopping cart.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: カート (kāto)
  • → Korean: 카트 (kateu)
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Verb

cart (third-person singular simple present carts, present participle carting, simple past and past participle carted)

  1. (transitive) To carry or convey in a cart.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 259:
      "You had better cart in your crops! To-morrow it'll be snowing!"
  2. (transitive, informal) To carry goods.
    I've been carting these things around all day.
  3. (transitive) To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
    • 2001, Donald Spoto, chapter 2, in Marilyn Monroe: The Biography, page 18:
      On August 4, 1927, Della was carted away to the Norwalk State Hospital, suffering from acute myocarditis
    • 2012, Lindsay Rae, Ashley Clements, Sarah Marland, World Poverty for Dummies, →ISBN:
      Africans themselves practised slavery and an organised trade carted off African slaves to Middle Eastern countries while Europeans were still huddling in caves.
    • 2012, Paul Lee, Vignettes, →ISBN, page 197:
      Everything was carted off to the dump by Buddy.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
    • 1708, Matthew Prior, Paulo Purganti and His Wife:
      She to intrigues was ev'n hard hearted: She chuckled when a bawd was carted
Translations

References

  1. ^ Etymology in Merriam-Webster's dictionay

Etymology 2

Clipping of cartridge.

Noun

cart (plural carts)

  1. (radio, informal) A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
  2. (computing, video games, informal) A cartridge for a computer or video game system.
    My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.
  3. (slang) A cartridge containing cannabis oil used in vape pens.
    • 2022 June 23, Christina Caron, quoting Elysse, “Teens Are Getting Sick From Products With High THC Levels”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-19:
      Elysse got sober before entering college but soon found that seemingly everyone on her dorm floor habitually used weed. ¶ "Not only carts," she said, referring to the cannabis cartridges used in vape pens, "but bongs, pipes, bowls — absolutely everything."
    • 2023 March 17, Danielle Guercio, “How to Unclog a Vape Pen”, in Lifehacker‎, archived from the original on 2023-12-22:
      Vapes are a relatively new innovation, and at this point, the process of feeding cannabis oil to a heat source creates a few challenges for devices like disposable carts to overcome.
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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cartaid (“to expel, drive off”), from Proto-Celtic *kartati.

Pronunciation

Verb

cart (present analytic cartann, future analytic cartfaidh, verbal noun cartadh, past participle carta)

  1. to clear away (dispose of, get rid of)
  2. to scrape clean
  3. to tan (turn animal hide into leather)
  4. to scavenge (feed on carrion or refuse)
  5. (Ulster) to clean, cleanse

Conjugation

conjugation of cart (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present cartaim cartann tú;
cartair† 		cartann sé, sí cartaimid cartann sibh cartann siad;
cartaid† 		a chartann; a chartas /
a gcartann* 		cartar
past chart mé; chartas chart tú; chartais chart sé, sí chartamar; chart muid chart sibh; chartabhair chart siad; chartadar a chart /
ar chart* 		cartadh
past habitual chartainn / gcartainn‡‡ chartá / gcartᇇ chartadh sé, sí / gcartadh sé, s퇇 chartaimis; chartadh muid / gcartaimis‡‡; gcartadh muid‡‡ chartadh sibh / gcartadh sibh‡‡ chartaidís; chartadh siad / gcartaidís‡‡; gcartadh siad‡‡ a chartadh /
a gcartadh* 		chartaí / gcarta퇇
future cartfaidh mé;
cartfad 		cartfaidh tú;
cartfair† 		cartfaidh sé, sí cartfaimid;
cartfaidh muid 		cartfaidh sibh cartfaidh siad;
cartfaid† 		a chartfaidh; a chartfas /
a gcartfaidh* 		cartfar
conditional chartfainn / gcartfainn‡‡ chartfá / gcartfᇇ chartfadh sé, sí / gcartfadh sé, s퇇 chartfaimis; chartfadh muid / gcartfaimis‡‡; gcartfadh muid‡‡ chartfadh sibh / gcartfadh sibh‡‡ chartfaidís; chartfadh siad / gcartfaidís‡‡; gcartfadh siad‡‡ a chartfadh /
a gcartfadh* 		chartfaí / gcartfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcarta mé;
go gcartad† 		go gcarta tú;
go gcartair† 		go gcarta sé, sí go gcartaimid;
go gcarta muid 		go gcarta sibh go gcarta siad;
go gcartaid† 		— go gcartar
past dá gcartainn dá gcartá dá gcartadh sé, sí dá gcartaimis;
dá gcartadh muid 		dá gcartadh sibh dá gcartaidís;
dá gcartadh siad 		— dá gcartaí
imperative cartaim cart cartadh sé, sí cartaimis cartaigí;
cartaidh† 		cartaidís — cartar
verbal noun cartadh
past participle carta

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cart
radical lenition eclipsis
cart chart gcart

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kart.

Noun

cart n (plural carturi)

  1. go-cart

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cart cartul carturi carturile
genitive-dative cart cartului carturi carturilor
vocative cartule carturilor

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English cart.

Noun

cart m (plural certi or ceirt)

  1. (South Wales) cart (two-wheeled vehicle)
    Synonym: (North Wales) trol

Derived terms

  • (four-wheeled vehicle) men, wagen (“wagon”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cart
radical soft nasal aspirate
cart gart nghart chart

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cart”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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