English - Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɑɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

English - Etymology 1

From Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre (from Old Northern French, compare Old French char), from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥sos, zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“to run”).

Noun

car (plural cars)

1. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
2. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile.

   She drove her car to the mall.

3. (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.

   The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.

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

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

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

   From the front-most car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.

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

   We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.

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

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

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

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

9. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
10. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
11. (uncountable, US) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

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

12. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.

Synonyms

• (private vehicle that moves independently): auto, motorcar, vehicle; automobile (US), motor (British colloquial), carriage (obsolete)
• (non-powered part of a train): railcar, wagon
• (unit of quantity): carload, wagonload
• (passenger-carrying light rail unit): carriage
• (part of an airship): gondola, basket (balloons only)
• See also Wikisaurus:automobile

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• bus
• truck
• van

English - 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)

1. (computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list
   • Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, and J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach, 2000 :

     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.

Antonyms

• cdr

Derived terms

• cadr
• caddr

Related terms

• cons
• LISP

English - Anagrams

• arc, ARC
• RAC
• RCA

Catalan - Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Catalan - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Catalan - Adjective

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

1. expensive
2. (poetic) dear

Czech - Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Ancient Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar), from Latin Caesar.

Czech - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsar/
• Rhymes: -ar

Czech - Noun

car m

1. tsar

Derived terms

• carský
• carevna
• carevič
• Cařihrad
• carismus
• carství

French - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ/
• Rhymes: -aʁ

French - Etymology 1

From Latin quārē (“how; why”).

Conjunction

car

1. as, since, because, for

   J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. — I opened my umbrella because it was raining.

Synonyms

• parce que

French - Etymology 2

Noun

car m (plural cars)

1. car
2. coach

   Les élèves vont à l’école en car. — The pupils go to school by coach.

Synonyms

• autocar

French - Anagrams

• arc

French - External Links

• “car” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua - Adjective

car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

1. dear; beloved; cherished
2. expensive

Lojban - Rafsi

car

1. rafsi of carna.

Occitan - Etymology

From Latin cārus.

Occitan - Adjective

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

1. dear
2. expensive

Polish - Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Ancient Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar), from Latin Caesar.

Polish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsar/

Polish - Noun

car m

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

Declension

Derived terms

• caryca
• carewicz
• carówna

Romanian - Etymology 1

From Latin carrus.

Noun

car n (plural care)

1. cart
2. chariot

Related terms

• căruță
• cărare
• căra

Romanian - Etymology 2

From Latin caries or carius.

Alternative forms

• cariu (dated)

Noun

car m (plural cari)

1. death-watch beetle

Scottish Gaelic - Noun

car m (genitive cuir, plural caran)

1. job
2. twist, turn
3. trick
4. bit

Derived terms

• aig a' char as lugha
• aig a' char as miosa

Scottish Gaelic - Adverb

car

1. 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

Serbo-Croatian - Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěsarь, *cьsarь, from Gothic

Serbo-Croatian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsâr/

Serbo-Croatian - Noun

cȁr m (Cyrillic spelling ца̏р)

1. czar, emperor, monarch

Declension

Derived terms

• cȁrevina
• cȁrina
• cȃrstvo

Slovene - Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian cȁr, from Proto-Slavic *cьsarь, from Gothic

Slovene - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsàːr/, /ˈtsáːr/
• Tonal orthography: cár, cȃr

Slovene - Noun

cár m anim (genitive cárja, nominative plural cárji, feminine caríca or cárinja)

1. tsar

Declension

See also

• cêsar

Welsh - Noun

car m (plural ceir)

1. car

Mutation

قافية