"CAR" meaning in English

See CAR in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} CAR
  1. Initialism of Central African Republic. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Central African Republic Translations (Central African Republic): RCA (French), RCA (Portuguese), ЦАР (english: CAR) (Russian), ЦАР [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), CAR [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), RCA (Spanish), ЦАР (english: CAR) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-CAR-en-name-Fv-PmStv Disambiguation of 'Central African Republic': 94 3 3
  2. (sports) Abbreviation of Carolina. (North Carolina or South Carolina, states in the United States of America) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Carolina (extra: North Carolina or South Carolina, states in the United States of America)
    Sense id: en-CAR-en-name-1UDV2aj7 Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (Philippines) Acronym of Cordillera Administrative Region. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Cordillera Administrative Region
    Sense id: en-CAR-en-name-Np3qP~cl Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 17 59 7 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 8 48 12 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 11 66 5 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 13 64 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 24 46 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 26 40 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 20 48 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 18 21 43 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 16 56 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 23 46 6 13

Noun

Forms: CARs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} CAR (countable and uncountable, plural CARs)
  1. (uncountable, organic chemistry) Abbreviation of carnitine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: carnitine
    Sense id: en-CAR-en-noun-dIoRz~dj Categories (other): Organic compounds Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (countable, immunology) Initialism of chimeric antigen receptor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: chimeric antigen receptor
    Sense id: en-CAR-en-noun-yk5ut~9N Categories (other): Immunology Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ALC (english: acetyl-L-carnitine), ALCAR (english: acetyl-L-carnitine), DAC (english: D-acetylcarnitine), DLC (english: DL-carnitine), LAC (english: L-acetylcarnitine)

Inflected forms

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