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English
Etymology 1
From translingual/New Latin Chara.
Noun
chara (plural charas)
- A green alga of the genus Chara.
- Synonym: muskgrass
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
chara (plural charas)
- Shortened form of charabanc
2013, Alf Townsend, The Charabanc: The Early Days of Motorised Coach Travel:The workers didn't get paid for any holidays, so a day out in a 'chara' was all they got.
Anagrams
Eastern Bontoc
Noun
chara
- blood
Iban
Etymology
From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule”), from Sanskrit चर् (car, “to move, to practice”).
Alternatively, from Malay cara, from Persian چاره (čâra, “remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode”).
Pronunciation
Noun
chara
- manner, means, method
- style, fashion
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
chara
- Lenited form of cara.
Japanese
Romanization
chara
- Rōmaji transcription of ちゃら
Latin
Etymology
Compare English caraway.
Noun
chara f (genitive charae); first declension
- An unknown kind of root, perhaps wild cabbage or the root of caraway
- (Can we date this quote?), Gaius Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili, Liber III, 48:
Est autem genus radicis inventum ab eis, qui fuerant vacui ab operibus, quod appellatur chara, quod admixtum lacte multum inopiam levabat.- "There was a sort of root called chara, discovered by the troops which served under Valerius."
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “chara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Liangmai Naga
Pronunciation
Noun
chara
- soul
- bone
Middle Irish
Noun
chara
- Lenited form of cara.
Occitan
Noun
chara f (plural charas) (Limousin)
- face (front part of the head)
Spanish
Noun
chara f (plural charas)
- Any of a number of jays of the Corvidae family.
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
chara
- Aspirate mutation of cara.
Mutation