car

See also CAR, Car, caar, carr, and ĉar

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɑː(ɹ)/, [kʰɑː(ɹ)]

• Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA: /kɑɹ/, [kʰɑɹ]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

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”) Compare Celtic carr (two-wheeled chariot), from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Indo-European *krsos, from Proto-Indo-European base *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.

   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion^[1]:

     If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .

3. (rail transport, chiefly North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.

   The conductor linked 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.
   • 1850, John Wise, A System of Aeronautics, page 152:

     Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon, […]

10. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
    • 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim^[2], ISBN 0924486813, page 201:

      On boats 25 feet or more, it is best to mount a mast car and track on the front of the mast so you can adjust the height of the pole above the deck

11. (uncountable, US) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

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

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  A hydrogen-powered car.

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  Freight cars.

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  A self-propelled passenger car.

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  Ferris wheel cars.

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  Car on a sailboat.

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  Car of a Zeppelin.

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  Elevator cars.

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

• cable car
• carfare
• carman
• carpark
• carwash
• car lot

Translations

automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver

• Afrikaans: kar (af), motorkar (af)
• Alabama: mobìlka
• Albanian: makina (sq), automobil (sq)
• Arabic: سَيّارَةٌ (ar) (sayyāra) f, عربة (ar) (ʿáraba) f
• Armenian: մեքենա (hy) (mek'ena), ավտոմեքենա (hy) (avtomek'ena), ավտո (hy) (avto), (colloquial) մաշնա (hy) (mašna)
• Asturian: coche (ast) m
• Azeri: araba (az), avtomobil (az)
• Belarusian: машына (be) (mašýna) f, аўтамабіль (be) (aŭtamabílʹ) m
• Bengali: গাড়ি (bn) (gaŗi)
• Breton: gwetur (br) f
• Bulgarian: кола (bg) (kóla) f, автомобил (bg) (avtomobíl) m
• Burmese: (informal) ကား (my) (ka:), (formal) ယဉ် (my) (yin)
• Catalan: cotxe (ca) m, automòbil (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 汽車, 汽车

  Dungan: машинэ

  Mandarin: 汽車 (cmn), 汽车 (cmn) (qìchē), 車 (cmn), 车 (cmn) (chē)

  Min Nan: 自動車 (nan) (chū-tōng-chhia), 風車 (nan) (hong-chhia), 汽車 (nan) (khì-chhia)

• Czech: auto (cs) n, automobil (cs) m
• Danish: bil (da) c, automobil (da) n and c
• Dutch: auto (nl) m, wagen (nl) m, automobiel (nl) m (deprecated)
• Esperanto: aŭtomobilo (eo), aŭto (eo)
• Estonian: auto (et)
• Faroese: bilur (fo) m
• Finnish: auto (fi)
• French: voiture (fr) f, auto (fr) f, automobile (fr) m, char (fr) m (Canada)
• Galician: coche (gl) m
• Georgian: მანქანა (ka) (mank'ana), ავტომობილი (ka) (avtomobili)
• German: Auto (de) n, Automobil (de) n, Wagen (de) m, PKW (de) m
• Greek: αυτοκίνητο (el) (aftokínito) n, αμάξι (el) (amáxi) n
• Greenlandic: biili (kl)
• Hawaiian: kaʻa
• Hebrew: מכונית (he) (mekhonyt) f, אוטו (he) (ot'o) m (colloquial)
• Hindi: गाड़ी (hi) (gāṛī) f, कार (hi) (kār) f
• Hungarian: autó (hu), automobil (hu), kocsi (hu) (informal)
• Icelandic: bíll (is) m, bifreið (is) f
• Indonesian: mobil (id)
• Interlingua: auto (ia)
• Irish: carr (ga) m, gluaisteán (ga) m, caranna (ga) pl, gluaisteain (ga) pl
• Italian: macchina (it) f, auto (it) f, automobile (it) f
• Japanese: 車 (ja) (くるま, kurumá), 自動車 (ja) (じどうしゃ, jidōsha)
• Jèrriais: vaituthe f, moto m
• Kamba: ngale
• Kashubian: aùto (csb) n
• Kazakh: машина (kk) (maşïna), автомобиль (kk) (avtomobïlʹ)
• Khmer: ឡាន (km) (laan)
• Kikuyu: ngari
• Kis: egari
• Korean: 자동차 (ko) (jadong-cha), 차 (ko) (cha)
• Krio: motocar
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: otomobîl (ku)

  Sorani: ئۆتۆمۆبیل (ku) (otomobíl)

• Lao: ລົດ (lo) (lot), ລົດຍົນ (lo) (lot nyon)
• Latin: autocinetum (la)
• Latvian: automašīna (lv) f
• Lithuanian: automobilis (lt) m
• Lojban: karce (jbo)
• Luhya: litoka
• Luo: mtokaa
• Luxembourgish: Auto (lb) n
• Macedonian: кола (mk) (kóla) f, автомобил (mk) (avtomobíl) m
• Malay: kereta (ms)
• Meru: ngari
• Mongolian: автомашин (mn) (avtomašin)
• Nama: audos
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bil (no) m

  Nynorsk: bil (no) m

• Ojibwe: odaabaan, waasamoowidaabaan
• Persian: خودرو (fa) (xodro), ماشین (fa) (mâšin)
• Polish: samochód (pl) m, auto (pl) n
• Portuguese: carro (pt) m, viatura (pt) f, automóvel (pt) m
• Romanian: mașină (ro) f, automobil (ro) n
• Russian: машина (ru) (mašína) f, автомобиль (ru) (avtomobílʹ) m, автомашина (ru) (avtomašína) f, (colloquial) авто (ru) (avtó) n (indeclinable), (slang) тачка (ru) (táčka) f
• Scots: caur, machine
• Scottish Gaelic: càr (gd) m, carbad (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кола (sh) n pl, ауто (sh) n, аутомобил (sh) m

  Roman: kola (sh) n pl, auto (sh) n, automobil (sh) m

• Skolt Sami: autt
• Slovak: auto (sk) n, automobil (sk) m
• Slovene: avto (sl) m, avtomobil (sl) m
• Somali: babuur (so) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: awto n

  Upper Sorbian: awto (hsb) n

• Sotho: koloi (st), motokara (st)
• Spanish: coche (es) m (especially Mexico, South America except Venezuela, Spain), automóvil (es) m (formal usage), auto (es) m (especially Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) , carro (es) m (Caribbean Islands, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela), máquina (es) m (Cuba, colloquial)
• Swahili: gari (sw), gari (sw)
• Swedish: bil (sv) c, automobil (sv) c
• Tagalog: kotse (tl)
• Tajik: автомобил (tg) (avtomobil)
• Tatar: арба (tt) (arba)
• Telugu: కారు (te)
• Thai: รถยนต์ (th) (rōht yohn), รถ (th) (rōht)
• Tibetan: མོ་ཊ (bo) (mota)
• Tongan: kâ (to)
• Turkish: araba (tr), otomobil (tr)
• Turkmen: maşyyn (tk)
• Ukrainian: автомобіль (uk) (avtomobílʹ) m, машина (uk) (mašýna) f, автомашина (uk) (avtomašýna) f, авто (uk) (avto) n
• Urdu: گاڑی (ur) (gāṛī) f, کار (ur) (kār) f
• Vietnamese: xe hơi (vi), ôtô (vi)
• Welsh: car (cy) f
• West Frisian: wein (fy)

railway car, railroad carriage — see carriage

passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not

• Arabic: عربة (ar) (ʿáraba) f
• Armenian: վագոն (hy) (vagon)
• Bulgarian: вагон (bg) (vagón) m
• Catalan: vagó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 升降梯 (cmn) (shēngjiāngtī)

• Czech: vagón (cs) m
• Danish: vogn (da) c
• Estonian: vagun
• Finnish: vaunu (fi)
• French: wagon (fr) m, voiture (fr) f
• Georgian: ვაგონი (ka) (vagoni)
• German: Wagen (de) m, Wagon (de) m
• Greek: άμαξα (el) (ámaxa) f, βαγόνι (el) (vagóni) n
• Hebrew: קרון (he) (qaron) m
• Icelandic: vagn (is) m
• Italian: cabina (it) f

• Japanese: 客車 (ja) (きゃくしゃ, kyakushá)
• Jèrriais: vaituthe f
• Korean: 객차 (ko) (gaekcha) (客車 (ko))
• Malay: gerabak (ms)
• Norwegian: vogn (no) m
• Ojibwe: odaabaan
• Polish: wagon (pl) m
• Portuguese: carruagem (pt) f
• Romanian: vagon (ro)
• Russian: вагон (ru) (vagón) m
• Scots: caur
• Scottish Gaelic: carbad (gd) m
• Slovene: vagon (sl) m
• Swahili: gari (sw)
• Swedish: vagn (sv) c
• Thai: ตู้รถไฟ (th) (tùù rōht fai)
• Welsh: cerbyd, car

moving, load-carrying component of an elevator

• Armenian: վագոն (hy) (vagon)
• Catalan: cabina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吊艙 (cmn), 吊舱 (cmn) (diàocāng)

• Czech: kabina (cs) f
• Danish: elevatorstol (da) c
• Estonian: vagun
• Finnish: hissikori (fi)
• German: Kabine (de) f
• Greek: θαλαμίσκος (el) (thalamískos) m

• Hebrew: תא (he) (Ta) m
• Italian: cabina (it) f
• Ojibwe: akwaandawebizon, akwaandawaagan
• Polish: kabina (pl) f
• Portuguese: elevador (pt) m (passenger), monta-cargas (pt) m (cargo)
• Romanian: cabină (ro) f
• Russian: кабина (ru) (kabʹna) f
• Slovak: kabína f
• Swahili: gari (sw)
• Swedish: hisskorg (sv)

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• Breton: karr-tan m
• Esperanto: aŭto
• Galician: automóbil m
• Guaraní: kóche, mba'yru
• Indonesian: mobil
• Interlingua: automobile
• Korean: 차 (cha)
• Kurdish: tirimpêl, erebe, seyare

• Latin: carrus m
• Maltese: karozza f
• Maori: waka, kā, motokā
• Sumerian: ^gišgigir
• Swahili: gari (nc 5/6)
• Tetum: karreta
• Thai: รถ (rōht)
• Turkish: otomobil

See also

• bus
• railroad car
• truck
• van

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Diagram for the list (42 69 613). The car of the first cons is 42, and the cdr points the next cons.

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

Anagrams

• arc, ARC
• RAC
• RCA

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaɾ/, X-SAMPA: /ka4/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Adjective

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

1. expensive
2. (poetic) dear

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Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsar/
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

car m

1. czar, tsar, tzar

Derived terms

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

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kaʁ/

Etymology 1

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

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

Anagrams

• arc

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Interlingua

Adjective

car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

1. dear; beloved; cherished
2. expensive

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Lojban

Rafsi

car

1. rafsi of carna.

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Occitan

Adjective

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

1. dear
2. expensive

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Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsar/

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Noun

car m

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

Declension

    declension of car

	singular	plural
nominative	car	carowie
genitive	cara	carów
dative	carowi	carom
accusative	cara	carów
instrumental	carem	carami
locative	carze	carach
vocative	carze	carowie

Derived terms

• caryca
• carewicz
• carówna

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin carrus.

Noun

car n (plural care)

1. cart
2. chariot

Related terms

• căruță
• cărare
• căra

Etymology 2

From Latin caries or carius.

Alternative forms

• cariu (dated)

Noun

car m (plural cari)

1. death-watch beetle

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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

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěsarь, *cьsarь, from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsâr/

Noun

cȁr m (Cyrillic spelling ца̏р)

1. czar, emperor, monarch

Declension

    declension of car

	singular	plural
nominative	car	carevi
genitive	cara	careva
dative	caru	carevima
accusative	cara	careve
vocative	care	carevi
locative	caru	carevima
instrumental	carem	carevima

Derived terms

• cȁrevina
• cȁrina
• cȃrstvo

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Slovene

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian cȁr, from Proto-Slavic *cьsarь, from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtsàːr/
• Tonal: cár

Noun

cár m anim. (feminine carica or carinja)

1. tsar

Declension

Declension of car (masculine inanimate, soft in -j-)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	car	carja	carji
accusative	car	carja	carje
genitive	carja	carjev	carjev
dative	carju	carjema	carjem
locative	carju	carjih	carjih
instrumental	carjem	carjema	carji

See also

• cêsar

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Welsh

Noun

car m (plural ceir) 

1. car

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
car	gar	nghar	char