car

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

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From Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, 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).

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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 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
  10. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track
    • 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim[1], 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.

  • A hydrogen-powered car.

  • Freight cars.

  • A self-propelled passenger car.

  • Ferris wheel cars.

  • Car on a sailboat.

  • Car of a Zeppelin.

  • Elevator cars.

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automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver
railway carriage, a nonpowered unit in a railroad train
passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not
moving, load-carrying component of an elevator
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Acronym of contents of the adress part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.

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  • IPA: /ˈkɑː/, /ˈkɑr/

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

  1. expensive
  2. dear

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

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car m.

  1. czar, tsar, tzar

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car m. (plural cars)

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

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car

  1. as, since, because, for
    J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. — I opened my umbrella because it was raining.

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car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

  1. dear; beloved; cherished
  2. expensive

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

  1. dear
  2. expensive

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

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car m.

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

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    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

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From Latin carrus.

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car n. (plural care)

  1. cart
  2. chariot
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From Latin caries or carius.

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car m. (plural cari)

  1. death-watch beetle

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car m. (genitive cuir, plural caran)

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

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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

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

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cȁr m. (Cyrillic spelling ца̏р)

  1. czar, emperor, monarch

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    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

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Croatian car

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car m. (dual carja, plural dual)

  1. czar, tsar, tzar

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declension of car
singular (ednina) dual (dvojina) plural (množina)
nominative (imenovalnik) car carja carji
genitive (rodilnik) carja carjev carjev
dative (dajalnik) carju carjema carjem
accusative (tožilnik) car carja carje
locative (mestnik) carju carjih carjih
instrumental (orodnik) carjem carjema carji

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car m. (plural ceir) 

  1. car

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
car gar nghar char
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