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car

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car

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

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English

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Etymology 1

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    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 carrus and horse.

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    car (plural cars)

    2. 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[1], 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[2]:
        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: […] .
    3. (archaic) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
      1. (archaic) A cart.
      2. (archaic) A chariot.
      3. (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
    4. Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
      1. (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
        Synonyms: railcar, wagon, carriage
        The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
      2. A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.
        Hyponyms: mill car, mine car, quarry car, skip car
      3. (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.
      5. (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.
      6. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. 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.
    7. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
      Synonyms: gondola, (balloons only) basket
    8. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
      • 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim‎[4], →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
    9. (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
      Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
    10. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
    11. (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
    13. (Internet, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of cat.
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    • → French: car
    • → Russian: кар (kar)
    • ⇒ Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)
    • → Japanese: カー (kā)
    • → Hindi: कार (kār)
    • → Urdu: کار (kār)
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    Etymology 2

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    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.

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

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    Aromanian

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    Etymology

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

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    car n (plural cari)

    1. chariot
    2. ox-cart
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    car

    1. mouth

    Catalan

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Latin cārus.

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

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

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

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    car

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

    Etymology 3

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

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    car m (plural cars)

    1. (nautical) foreyard

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

    Czech

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

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

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    car m anim

    1. tsar

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    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

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    • “car”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
    • “car”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

    French

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

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    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]‎[5]:
        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.
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    car is a coordinating conjunction while parce que is a subordinating conjunction.

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    Etymology 2

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

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    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.
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    Interlingua

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    Adjective

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    car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

    1. dear; beloved; cherished
    2. expensive

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    Etymology

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

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

    1. to love
    2. be devoted to

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    conjugation of car (first conjugation – A)
    verbal noun carthain
    past participle cartha
    tense 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*     		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*     		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

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

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    Mutated forms of car
    radical lenition eclipsis
    car char gcar

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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    Etymology

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    Akin to Italian caro, from Latin carus.

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    car

    1. dear

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    car

    1. for (because)

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    Occitan

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    Etymology

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    From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cārus.

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

    1. dear
    2. expensive

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

    1. Alternative form of char

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    car

    1. dear

    Polish

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    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ar
    • Syllabification: car

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

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    car m pers

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

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    car m inan

    1. (Lasovia) Alternative form of czar

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    • car in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • car in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • Szymon Matusiak (1880) “cary”, in “Gwara lasowska w okolicy Tarnobrzega, studyjum dyjalektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 171

    Romagnol

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    Etymology

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    From Latin carrus (“wagon; cart”).

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    • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈkaɐ̯ɾ]

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    car m (plural chër) (Ville Unite)

    1. wagon, cart

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

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    car n (plural care)

    1. cart
    2. chariot
    3. (outdated) tank (military vehicle)
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    Declension of car
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative car carul care carele
    genitive-dative car carului care carelor
    vocative carule carelor
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    car

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

    Etymology 3

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    From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.

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    car m (plural cari)

    2. death-watch beetle
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    Declension of car
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative car carul cari carii
    genitive-dative car carului cari carilor
    vocative carule carilor

    Scottish Gaelic

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

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    car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

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

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    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.
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    1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

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    Etymology

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

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    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.

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    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

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    • “car”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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    Etymology

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

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    • IPA(key): /t͡sàːr/, /t͡sáːr/

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    cār m anim (female equivalent caríca or cārinja)

    1. tsar

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    		 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

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    • “car”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

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    Etymology

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    From Latin quārē (“why”).

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾ/ [ˈkaɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Syllabification: car

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    car

    1. (archaic) because
      Synonym: porque

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    car (nominative plural cars)

    1. (weaponry) bow

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    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

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    Etymology

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

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    car m (plural ceir)

    1. car
    2. (obsolete) cart, wagon
      Synonyms: cart, cert, trol, men

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    Mutated forms of car
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    car gar nghar char

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    Etymology

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

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    car

    1. car
      Synonym: truckle
      • 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.

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    • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[6], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129

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    car

    1. god
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