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car

See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

car

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Galibi Carib.

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrum (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”). Doublet of horse.

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

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
    She drove her car to the mall.
    • 2005, Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, and Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), “Stay Fly”, in Most Known Unknown‎[1], Sony BMG, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG):
      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: […] .
  2. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
    1. (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
  3. (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
    Synonyms: railcar, wagon, carriage
    The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
  4. (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.
  6. (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.
  7. 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 and 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
    Synonyms: gondola, (balloons only) basket
  11. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
    • 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim‎[3], →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
  12. (uncountable, US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
    Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
  13. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
  14. (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • → French: car
  • → Russian: кар (kar)
  • ⇒ Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)
TranslationsEdit
railway car, railroad carriage — see carriage
passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not — see carriage
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See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Etymology unclear, but probably from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Compare cair (“to turn, go”), char (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”), German Kehre (“turn, bend”).

William Shakespeare had something of a fondness for verbalizing nouns, and sometimes even substantivizing verbs. However, anything other than a "turn" does not seem to make any sense within the broader context of the cited Sonnet.

NounEdit

car (plural cars)

  1. (obsolete) A turn.

Etymology 3Edit

 
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.

NounEdit

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.
Derived termsEdit

GalleryEdit

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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.

AnagramsEdit

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

car n (plural cari)

  1. chariot
  2. ox-cart

Related termsEdit

AynuEdit

NounEdit

car

  1. mouth

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin cārus.

AdjectiveEdit

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

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

ConjunctionEdit

car

  1. as, since, because, for
    Synonym: perquè

Further readingEdit

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

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

car m anim

  1. tsar

DeclensionEdit

Declension of car
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

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

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

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

ConjunctionEdit

car

  1. as, since, because, for
    • 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.
    J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait.
    I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

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.

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

InterlinguaEdit

AdjectiveEdit

car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

  1. dear; beloved; cherished
  2. expensive

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. to love
  2. be devoted to

ConjugationEdit

First Conjugation (A)
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*; a gcaras* 		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*; a gcarfas* 		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
verbal noun carthain
past participle cartha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

SynonymsEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
car char gcar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

LombardEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Italian caro, from Latin carus.

AdjectiveEdit

car

  1. dear

Middle FrenchEdit

ConjunctionEdit

car

  1. for (because)

DescendantsEdit

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. dear
  2. expensive

PiedmonteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

car

  1. dear

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of cesarz (“emperor”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

car m pers

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

DeclensionEdit

Declension of car
singular plural
nominative car carowie
genitive cara carów
dative carowi carom
accusative cara carów
instrumental carem carami
locative carze carach
vocative carze carowie

Derived termsEdit

adjectives
nouns

Further readingEdit

  • car in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • car in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomagnolEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin carrus (“wagon; cart”).

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

car m (plural chër) (Ville Unite)

  1. wagon, cart

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

car n (plural care)

  1. cart
  2. chariot
  3. (outdated) tank (military vehicle)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of car
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) car carul (niște) care carele
genitive/dative (unui) car carului (unor) care carelor
vocative carule carelor
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

car

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

Etymology 3Edit

From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

car m (plural cari)

  2. death-watch beetle
DeclensionEdit
Declension of car
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) car carul (niște) cari carii
genitive/dative (unui) car carului (unor) cari carilor
vocative carule carilor

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

  1. job
  2. twist, turn
  3. trick
  4. bit

Derived termsEdit

AdverbEdit

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 termsEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

cȁr m (Cyrillic spelling ца̏р)

  1. czar, emperor, monarch
    • 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.
    Podajte caru carevo, a Bogu Božje. ― Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor and God what belongs to God.

DeclensionEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “car” in Hrvatski jezični portal

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /t͡sàːr/, /t͡sáːr/

NounEdit

cār m anim (female equivalent caríca or cārinja)

  1. tsar

InflectionEdit

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

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “car”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin quārē (“why”).

AdverbEdit

car

  1. (archaic) because
    Synonym: porque

Further readingEdit

VolapükEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

car (nominative plural cars)

  1. (weapon) bow

DeclensionEdit

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

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

car m (plural ceir)

  1. car

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
car gar nghar char
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

YolaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

car

  1. car
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 6:
      An awi gome her egges wi a wheel an car taape,
      And away went her eggs, with the car overset.

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

ZazakiEdit

Proper nounEdit

car

  1. god
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