cart

English

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A wooden cart

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t

Etymology 1

Probably from Old English cræt, from Old Norse kartr , from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”).

Noun

cart (plural carts)

1. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.

Derived terms

• cartwheel
• dogcart
• go-cart
• golf cart
• luggage cart
• oxcart
• pushcart
• put the cart before the horse
• shopping cart

Translations

small, open, wheeled vehicle

• Arabic: عربة نقل (ar) (ʿárabat naql) f, عربة (ar) (ʿáraba) f

  Egyptian Arabic: حنطور (ḥanṭor) m, كارو (karro) f

• Breton: karr (br) m
• Bulgarian: кола (bg) (kóla) f , каруца (bg) (karuca) f 
• Burmese: လှည်း (my) (hlè:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手推車 (cmn), 手推车 (cmn) (shǒutuīchē), 手拉車 (cmn), 手拉车 (cmn) (shǒulāchē)

• Czech: vůz (cs) m
• French: chariot (fr) m, charrette (fr) f
• German: Wagen (de) m, Karren (de) m, Karren (de) m
• Hungarian: szekér (hu)
• Indonesian: kereta (id)
• Irish: féan (ga) m
• Japanese: 荷車 (ja) (にぐるま, niguruma), カート (ja) (kāto)
• Korean: 수레 (ko) (sure)

• Latgalian: roti
• Latvian: rati (lv) pl
• Lithuanian: vežimas (lt) m, ratai (lt) pl
• Malay: kereta (ms), pedati (ms)
• Polish: fura f
• Romanian: car (ro) n, căruță (ro) f
• Russian: телега (ru) (teléga) f , воз (ru) (voz) m , повозка (ru) (povózka) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt (gd) f
• Spanish: carro (es), carreta (es) f
• Sumerian: 𒈥𒁍𒁕 (MAR.BU.DA)
• Swahili: mkokoteni (sw), rukwama (sw)
• Swedish: kärra (sv) c
• Telugu: బండి (te) (banDi)
• Vietnamese: xe bò (vi), xe ngựa (vi)
• Walloon: tcherete (wa) f, begnon (wa) m

small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart

• Bulgarian: карт (bg) m (kart)
• German: Kart (de) n

• Swahili: mkokoteni (sw)

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• Jèrriais: hèrnais m
• Kurdish: عره‌بانه‌
• Old English crœt

• Old Norse: kartr
• Romanian: caruta (ro), carucior, remorca
• Telugu: బండి (te)
• Tetum: karreta

Verb

cart (third-person singular simple present carts, present participle carting, simple past and past participle carted)

1. (transitive) To carry goods.

   I've been carting these things around all day.

2. (transitive) To carry or convey in a cart.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
   • Prior

     She chuckled when a bawd was carted.

Translations

To carry goods

• Bulgarian: превозвам (bg) (prevozvam)
• German: befördern (de), karren (de)

• Jèrriais: tchéthier
• Swahili: mkokoteni (sw)

Etymology 2

Shortened from cartridge.

Noun

cart (plural carts)

1. (video games, informal) A cartridge for a video game system.

   My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.

Anagrams

• C-rat
• RACT