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3-letter words (2 found)

ARC,CAR,

2-letter words (1 found)

AR,

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Definitions and meaning of car

car

Translingual

Symbol

car

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kɑɹ/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): [kʰäɾ]
  • (Boston) IPA(key): [kʰaː]
  • Homophones: carr, Carr, Karr
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

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

  • carr (archaic)

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
  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
    2. (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
    4. (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
    5. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
    Synonyms: carload, wagonload
  4. The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
  5. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
    Synonym: carriage
  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.
  8. (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
  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
  • carriage
  • chariot
Descendants
  • → French: car
  • → Russian: кар (kar)
  • ⇒ Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)
  • → Japanese: カー
Translations

See also

  • bus
  • truck
  • van

Etymology 2

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
Derived terms
  • cadr
  • caddr

Gallery

References

  • “car”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “car”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • ARC, CRA, RAC, RCA, acr-, arc, arc-, rac-

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • caru

Etymology

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

Noun

car n (plural cari)

  1. chariot
  2. ox-cart

Related terms

  • cãrutsã/carotsã
  • cãrutsar
  • caretã
  • cherã

Aynu

Noun

car

  1. mouth

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Valencian) [ˈkar]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) (Mallorca, Menorca) [ˈka], (Ibiza) [ˈkar]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

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

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkar]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

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

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkar]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sar]
  • Hyphenation: car
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

car m anim

  1. tsar

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʁ/
  • Rhymes: -aʁ

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
Synonyms
  • parce que (in some contexts)

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

  • “car” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
  • “car” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
  • “car”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • arc

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

  • IPA(key): /karˠ/

Verb

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

  1. to love
  2. be devoted to

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • gráigh

Mutation

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian caro, from Latin carus.

Adjective

car

  1. dear

Middle French

Conjunction

car

  1. for (because)

Descendants

  • French: car

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], 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

  • IPA(key): /kar/

Adjective

car

  1. dear

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Syllabification: car

Noun

car m pers

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

Declension

Derived terms

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): [ˈkaɐ̯ɾ]
  • (Ville Unite):

Noun

car m (plural chër) (Ville Unite)

  1. wagon, cart

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kar]

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
Related terms
  • căruță
  • cărare
  • căra
  • caretă
  • încărca

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

  • cariu (dated)

Noun

car m (plural cari)

  2. death-watch beetle
Declension

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

  • aig a' char as lugha
  • aig a' char as miosa
  • cuir car de

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

  • caran

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sâr/

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.

Declension

Derived terms

  • cȁrevina
  • cȁrica
  • cȁrina
  • cȃrstvo

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

See also

  • césar

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

  • “car”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʃar]

Noun

car (nominative plural cars)

  1. (weapon) bow

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kar/

Noun

car m (plural ceir)

  1. car

Derived terms

  • rhif car (“registration number”)
  • sêl cist car (“car boot sale”)

Mutation

Yola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔː/
  • Homophones: caure, core

Noun

car

  1. car

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

Zazaki

Proper noun

car

  1. god

Source: wiktionary.org