cars

English Online Dictionary. What means cars‎? What does cars mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːz/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

Noun

cars

1. plural of car

Anagrams

• CRAs, RACs, arcs, ascr., csar, sacr-, sarc-, scar

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia) [ˈkars]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Mallorca,Menorca) [ˈkas], (Ibiza) [ˈkars]
• Rhymes: -aɾs

Adjective

cars

1. masculine plural of car (“expensive”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkars]
• Rhymes: -aɾs

Noun

cars

1. plural of car (“foreyard”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ/

Noun

cars m

1. plural of car

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ, “tsar”), itself a borrowing, ultimately from Latin Caesar; cf. the parallel form ķeizars (“emperor”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cars m (1st declension, feminine form: cariene)

1. tsar (male monarch of the Russian empire (especially before 1721); his title)

   Synonyms: imperators, karalis, ķeizars, (dated term) ķēniņš

   cars Pēteris Lielais ― Tsar Peter the Great

   cara valdība, monarhija ― the tsar's government, monarchy

   cara galms ― the tsar's court

   cara tronis ― the tsar's throne

   cara laikā ― in the time of the tsar

Usage notes

Officially, the title of cars in Russia was replaced with imperators in 1721, though the word cars, in Latvian as in other languages, continued to be popularly used to refer to the rulers of the Russian Empire.

Declension

Derived terms