car

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of car in English

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Translingual

Symbol

car

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

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑː/, [kʰɑː]
(Scotland) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ]
(General American) IPA^(key): /kɑɹ/
- (Boston) IPA^(key): [kʰaː]
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kaː/, [kʰäː]
Homophones: carr, Carr, Karr
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

carr (archaic)

Noun

car (plural cars)

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
(dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
1. (dated) A cart.
2. (dated) A chariot.
3. (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
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
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.
5. (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
6. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
  Synonyms: carload, wagonload
The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
Synonym: carriage
The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
Synonyms: gondola, (balloons only) basket
(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
(uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
(US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
(US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
(Internet) Deliberate misspelling of cat.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

carriage
chariot

Descendants

→ French: car
→ Russian: кар (kar)
⇒ Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)
→ Japanese: カー (kā)
→ Hindi: कार (kār)
→ Urdu: کار (kār)

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

car (plural cars)

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

Holonym: cons

Derived terms

cadr
caddr

Gallery

References

William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “car”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
“car”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

ARC, CRA, RAC, RCA, acr-, arc, arc-, rac-

Aromanian

Alternative forms

caru

Etymology

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

Noun

car n (plural cari)

chariot
ox-cart

Related terms

cãrutsã/carotsã
cãrutsar
caretã
cherã

Äynu

Noun

car

mouth

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia) [ˈkar]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Mallorca, Menorca) [ˈka], (Ibiza) [ˈkar]
Rhymes: -aɾ

Adjective

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

expensive
Synonyms: alt, costós

Antonym: barat
(poetic) dear
Synonyms: estimat, amat, apreciat

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkar]
Rhymes: -aɾ

Conjunction

car

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkar]
Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

car m (plural cars)

(nautical) foreyard

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

car m anim

tsar

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʁ/
Rhymes: -aʁ

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

car

as, since, because, for

Usage notes

car is a coordinating conjunction while parce que is a subordinating conjunction.

Synonyms

parce que (in some contexts)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

car m (plural cars)

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.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Interlingua

Adjective

car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

dear; beloved; cherished
expensive

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /karˠ/

Verb

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

to love
be devoted to

Conjugation

Synonyms

gráigh

Mutation

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian caro, from Latin carus.

Adjective

car

dear

Middle French

Conjunction

car

for (because)

Descendants

French: car

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

dear
expensive

Old French

Noun

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

Alternative form of char

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kar/

Adjective

car

dear

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sar/
Rhymes: -ar
Syllabification: car

Noun

car m pers

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

Declension

Derived terms

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin carrus (“wagon; cart”).

Pronunciation

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

(Ville Unite):

Noun

car m (plural chër) (Ville Unite)

wagon, cart

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kar]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

car n (plural care)

cart
chariot
(outdated) tank (military vehicle)

Declension

Related terms

căruță
cărare
căra
caretă
încărca

Etymology 2

Verb

car

first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căra

Etymology 3

From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.

Alternative forms

cariu (dated)

Noun

car m (plural cari)

death-watch beetle

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰaɾ/

Noun

car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

job
twist, turn
trick (Can we add an example for this sense?)
bit

Derived terms

aig a' char as lugha
aig a' char as miosa
cuir car de

Adverb

car

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 terms

caran

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sâr/

Noun

cȁr m (Cyrillic spelling ца̏р)

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

Declension

Derived terms

cȁrevina
cȁrica
cȁrina
cȃrstvo

References

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

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sàːr/, /t͡sáːr/

Noun

cār m anim (female equivalent caríca or cārinja)

tsar

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin quārē (“why”).

Adverb

car

(archaic) because
Synonym: porque

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʃar]

Noun

car (nominative plural cars)

(weaponry) bow

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

car m (plural ceir)

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

Derived terms

carwden (“backband”)
rhif car (“registration number”)
sêl cist car (“car boot sale”)

Mutation

Yola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

car

car
Synonym: truckle

References

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

Zazaki

Proper noun

car

car

car

Translingual

Symbol

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Gallery

References

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Related terms

Äynu

Noun

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Conjunction

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Conjunction

Usage notes

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Interlingua

Adjective

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Synonyms

Mutation

Lombard

Etymology

Adjective

Middle French

Conjunction

Descendants

Occitan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Old French

Noun

Piedmontese