"car" meaning in French

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Conjunction

IPA: /kaʁ/ Audio: Fr-car.ogg
Rhymes: -aʁ Etymology: From Old French quer (“as, since, because, for”), from Latin quārē (“how; why”). Compare Catalan car. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|quer||as, since, because, for}} Old French quer (“as, since, because, for”), {{der|fr|la|quare|quārē|how; why}} Latin quārē (“how; why”), {{cog|ca|car}} Catalan car Head templates: {{head|fr|conjunction}} car
  1. as, since, because, for Synonyms: parce que (english: in some contexts)
    Sense id: en-car-fr-conj-1REKzMlu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kaʁ/ Audio: Fr-car.ogg Forms: cars [plural]
Rhymes: -aʁ Etymology: Borrowed from English car, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman and the Old Northern French car, variant of Old French char. Doublet of char. Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|en|car}} English car, {{der|fr|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|fr|fro-nor|car}} Old Northern French car, {{der|fr|fro|char}} Old French char, {{doublet|fr|char}} Doublet of char Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} car m (plural cars)
  1. a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Vehicles Synonyms: autocar Derived forms: aéro-car
    Sense id: en-car-fr-noun-aSujl~O6 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 0 100 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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