car

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


car

ca-adj

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

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


car

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


car

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


car

car (nominative singular)
carové (nominative plural)
cara (genitive singular)
carů (genitive plural)
carovi (dative singular)
caru (dative singular)
carům (dative plural)
cara (accusative singular)
cary (accusative plural)
care (singular vocative)
carové (plural vocative)
carovi (locative singular)
caru (locative singular)
carech (locative plural)
carem (instrumental singular)
cary (instrumental plural)

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


car

She drove her car to the mall.

I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.

2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:

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: […] .

2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.

(dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.

(UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.

It shall suffice me to enioy your loue,
Which whiles I haue, I thinke my selfe as great,
As Caesar riding in the Romaine streete,
With captiue kings at his triumphant Carre.

1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled
Like holy Phoebus’ car.

c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene viii]:

The Red Foliot sate in his car of polished ebony, drawn by six black horses with flowing manes and tails; before him went his musicians, pipers and minstrels doing their craft, and behind him fifty spearmen, weighed down with armour and ponderous shields that covered them from chin to toe.

1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros, London: Jonathan Cape, page 19:

The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.

Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.

(rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.

A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.

The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.

(rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.

(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

en:passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not

We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.

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.

1907, Texas Agricultural, Mechanical College System, Bulletin, volumes 93-117, page 5:

A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.

Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.

The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.

The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon, […]

1850, John Wise, A System of Aeronautics, page 152:

"What about a car?" "The car will be my next care. I have already planned how it is to be made and attached. Meanwhile I will simply show you how capable my apparatus is of supporting the weight of each of us."

1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

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

1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim, →ISBN, page 201:

(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.

Buy now! You can get more car for your money.

(uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

(US) A floating perforated box for living fish.

(Internet) Deliberate misspelling of cat.

→ French: car

→ Russian: кар (kar)

⇒ Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)

→ Japanese: カー (kā)

→ Hindi: कार (kār)

→ Urdu: کار (kār)

kar

automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver

carro

El Norte, Southwestern U.S., Caribbean Islands

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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 horse.


car

Holonym: cons

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.

2000, Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach:

(programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.

Acronym of contents of the address part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.


car

J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait.

I opened my umbrella because it was raining.

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.

c. 1656–1662, Blaise Pascal, “Dossier de travail - Fragment n° 10 / 35”, in Pensées [Thoughts]:

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.

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


car

Les élèves vont à l’école en car.

a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach

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


car

head

car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

plus car (comparative)
le plus car (superlative)


car

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

carann (analytic present)
carfaidh (analytic future)
carthain (noun-from-verb)
cartha (participle past)
carthain (noun-from-verb)
cartha (participle past)
caraim (first-person indicative present singular)
carann tú (indicative present second-person singular)
carair (indicative present second-person singular)
carann sé (indicative present singular third-person)
sí (indicative present singular third-person)
caraimid (first-person indicative plural present)
carann sibh (indicative plural present second-person)
carann siad (indicative plural present third-person)
caraid (indicative plural present third-person)
a charann (indicative present relative)
a charas (indicative present relative)
a gcarann (indicative present relative)
cartar (autonomous indicative present)
char mé (first-person indicative past singular)
charas (first-person indicative past singular)
char tú (indicative past second-person singular)
charais (indicative past second-person singular)
char sé (indicative past singular third-person)
sí (indicative past singular third-person)
charamar (first-person indicative past plural)
char muid (first-person indicative past plural)
char sibh (indicative past plural second-person)
charabhair (indicative past plural second-person)
char siad (indicative past plural third-person)
charadar (indicative past plural third-person)
a char (indicative past relative)
ar char (indicative past relative)
caradh (autonomous indicative past)
charainn (first-person habitual indicative past singular)
gcarainn‡‡ (first-person habitual indicative past singular)
chartá (habitual indicative past second-person singular)
gcartá‡‡ (habitual indicative past second-person singular)
charadh sé (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
sí (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
gcaradh sé (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
sí‡‡ (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
charaimis (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
charadh muid (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
gcaraimis‡‡ (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
gcaradh muid‡‡ (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
charadh sibh (habitual indicative past plural second-person)
gcaradh sibh‡‡ (habitual indicative past plural second-person)
charaidís (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
charadh siad (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
gcaraidís‡‡ (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
gcaradh siad‡‡ (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
a charadh (habitual indicative past relative)
a gcaradh (habitual indicative past relative)
chartaí (autonomous habitual indicative past)
gcartaí‡‡ (autonomous habitual indicative past)
carfaidh mé (first-person future indicative singular)
carfad (first-person future indicative singular)
carfaidh tú (future indicative second-person singular)
carfair (future indicative second-person singular)
carfaidh sé (future indicative singular third-person)
sí (future indicative singular third-person)
carfaimid (first-person future indicative plural)
carfaidh muid (first-person future indicative plural)
carfaidh sibh (future indicative plural second-person)
carfaidh siad (future indicative plural third-person)
carfaid (future indicative plural third-person)
a charfaidh (future indicative relative)
a charfas (future indicative relative)
a gcarfaidh (future indicative relative)
carfar (autonomous future indicative)
charfainn (conditional first-person singular)
gcarfainn‡‡ (conditional first-person singular)
charfá (conditional second-person singular)
gcarfá‡‡ (conditional second-person singular)
charfadh sé (conditional singular third-person)
sí (conditional singular third-person)
gcarfadh sé (conditional singular third-person)
sí‡‡ (conditional singular third-person)
charfaimis (conditional first-person plural)
charfadh muid (conditional first-person plural)
gcarfaimis‡‡ (conditional first-person plural)
gcarfadh muid‡‡ (conditional first-person plural)
charfadh sibh (conditional plural second-person)
gcarfadh sibh‡‡ (conditional plural second-person)
charfaidís (conditional plural third-person)
charfadh siad (conditional plural third-person)
gcarfaidís‡‡ (conditional plural third-person)
gcarfadh siad‡‡ (conditional plural third-person)
a charfadh (conditional relative)
a gcarfadh (conditional relative)
charfaí (autonomous conditional)
gcarfaí‡‡ (autonomous conditional)
go gcara mé (first-person present singular subjunctive)
go gcarad (first-person present singular subjunctive)
go gcara tú (present second-person singular subjunctive)
go gcarair (present second-person singular subjunctive)
go gcara sé (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sí (present singular subjunctive third-person)
go gcaraimid (first-person plural present subjunctive)
go gcara muid (first-person plural present subjunctive)
go gcara sibh (plural present second-person subjunctive)
go gcara siad (plural present subjunctive third-person)
go gcaraid (plural present subjunctive third-person)
go gcartar (autonomous present subjunctive)
dá gcarainn (first-person past singular subjunctive)
dá gcartá (past second-person singular subjunctive)
dá gcaradh sé (past singular subjunctive third-person)
sí (past singular subjunctive third-person)
dá gcaraimis (first-person past plural subjunctive)
dá gcaradh muid (first-person past plural subjunctive)
dá gcaradh sibh (past plural second-person subjunctive)
dá gcaraidís (past plural subjunctive third-person)
dá gcaradh siad (past plural subjunctive third-person)
dá gcartaí (autonomous past subjunctive)
caraim (first-person imperative singular)
car (imperative second-person singular)
caradh sé (imperative singular third-person)
sí (imperative singular third-person)
caraimis (first-person imperative plural)
caraigí (imperative plural second-person)
caraidh (imperative plural second-person)
caraidís (imperative plural third-person)
cartar (autonomous imperative)
car
char
gcar

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


car

French: car


car

head

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

cara (feminine singular)
cars (masculine plural)
caras (feminine plural)

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


car

fro-noun

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

car oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
cars (oblique plural)
cars (nominative singular)
car (nominative plural)


car

(historical) czar, tsar, tzar (title of the former emperors of Russia)

car (nominative singular)
carowie (nominative plural)
cary (derogatory nominative plural)
cara (genitive singular)
carów (genitive plural)
carowi (dative singular)
carom (dative plural)
cara (accusative singular)
carów (accusative plural)
carem (instrumental singular)
carami (instrumental plural)
carze (locative singular)
carach (locative plural)
carze (singular vocative)
carowie (plural vocative)

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


car

Nenets:

>? Forest Nenets: чалаʼку (ćalahku)

Tundra Nenets: тярˮ (tyar)

Proto-Selkup: *čār

Northern Selkup: тө̄р (tå̄r)

Southern Selkup:

Narym: чāр (čār)

Kamassian: тхар (tʰar)


car

care (plural)
car (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
carul (accusative definite nominative singular)
care (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
carele (accusative definite nominative plural)
car (indefinite singular)
carului (definite singular)
care (indefinite singular)
carelor (definite plural)
carule (singular vocative)
carelor (vocative)

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


car

first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căra


car

cari (plural)
car (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
carul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cari (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
carii (accusative definite nominative plural)
car (indefinite singular)
carului (definite singular)
cari (indefinite singular)
carilor (definite plural)
carule (singular vocative)
carilor (vocative)
cariu (alternative)

From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.


car

head

car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

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


car

Tha thu car fadalach.

Thig an stòiridh gu ceann car obann.

The story came to an end somewhat abruptly.


car

Podajte caru carevo, a Bogu Božje.

Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor and God what belongs to God.

Bijaše jedan car, i imađaše tri sina i tri ćerke.

1971, Branko B. Radičević, Baš-Čelik, Belgrade, page 1:

There once was a tsar and he had three daughters and three sons.

cȁr (canonical masculine)
ца̏р (Cyrillic)
cȁr (nominative singular)
cȁrevi (nominative plural)
cȁra (genitive singular)
cȁrēvā (genitive plural)
cȁru (dative singular)
cȁrevima (dative plural)
cȁra (accusative singular)
cȁreve (accusative plural)
cȁre (singular vocative)
cȁru (rare singular vocative)
cȁrevi (plural vocative)
cȁru (locative singular)
cȁrevima (locative plural)
cȁrem (instrumental singular)
cȁrevima (instrumental plural)

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


car

sl-noun

cār m anim (female equivalent caríca or cārinja)

cār (animate canonical masculine)
caríca (feminine)
cārinja (feminine)
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cár (nominative singular)
cárja (dual nominative)
cárji (nominative plural)
cárja (genitive singular)
cárjev (dual genitive)
cárjev (genitive plural)
cárju (dative singular)
cárjema (dative dual)
cárjem (dative plural)
cár (accusative singular)
cárja (accusative dual)
cárje (accusative plural)
cárju (locative singular)
cárjih (dual locative)
cárjih (locative plural)
cárjem (instrumental singular)
cárjema (dual instrumental)
cárji (instrumental plural)

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


car

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


car

cars (nominative plural)
car (nominative singular)
cars (nominative plural)
cara (genitive singular)
caras (genitive plural)
care (dative singular)
cares (dative plural)
cari (accusative singular)
caris (accusative plural)
o car! (singular vocative)
o cars! (plural vocative)
caru (predicative singular)
carus (plural predicative)


car

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


car

An awi gome her egges wi a wheel an car taape,

1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 6:

And away went her eggs, with the car overset.

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