chariot

English

Wikipedia

Hittite chariot.

Etymology

From Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“waggon”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

chariot (plural chariots)

1. a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare
2. a light four-wheeled carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes

Related terms

• charioteer

Translations

vehicle used in warfare

• Ancient Greek: ἅρμα (harma)
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: մարտակառք (hy) (martakaṙk’)
• Bulgarian: колесница (bg) (kolesnica) f
• Catalan: carro (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙輪戰車 (cmn), 双轮战车 (cmn) (shuānglún zhànchē)

• Czech: válečný vůz (cs) m
• Dutch: strijdwagen (nl) m
• Egyptian:

  mrkbt f

  wrryt f

• Finnish: sotavaunut (fi)
• French: char (fr) m (de guerre), charriot (fr) m
• Georgian: ეტლი (ka) (etli)
• German: Streitwagen (de) m
• Hebrew: מרכבה (he) (merkavah)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hittite: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: biga (it) f
• Latin: currūs (la) m, curriculum (la) n, (Celtic) essedum (la) n, (poetic) rota (la) f, (with four horses) quadrīgae (la) f
• Malay: cikar (ms)
• Old Church Slavonic: возъ (vozŭ) m
• Persian: ارابہ (fa)
• Polish: rydwan (pl) m
• Portuguese: biga (pt)
• Romanian: bigă (ro) f, car de luptă (ro) n
• Russian: колесница (ru) (kol'esníca) f
• Sanskrit: रथ (sa) (ratha) m
• Spanish: carro (es) m, carreta (es) f
• Turkish: savaş arabası (tr)

carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes

• Catalan: carro (ca) m, carruatge (ca) m, carrossa (ca) f
• German: Triumphwagen m
• Italian: cocchio (it) m, carrozza (it) f

• Latin: (used by women) pīlentum (la) n
• Portuguese: charrete (pt) f, carruagem (pt) f
• Russian: карета (ru) (kareta)

Anagrams

• haricot

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French

Etymology

From Old French, from char or from charrier +‎ -ot.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʃa.ʁjɔ/, X-SAMPA: /Sa.RjO/

Noun

chariot m (plural chariots)

1. trolley
2. carriage (of a computer printer)

   chariot bloqué

Anagrams

• haricot
• torchai