ĉar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• char (H-system spelling)
• cxar (X-system spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from French, Occitan, and Catalan car, ultimately from Latin quārē. Compare archaic Spanish car.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃar/

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: ĉar

Conjunction

ĉar

1. because
   • 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:

     Nu, unu tagon oni vokis min por ke mi iru tuj al la malsanulejo, ĉar mia sesjara filino trafiĝis je terura trafik-akcidento.

     Well, one day they called me so that I go immediately to the hospital, because my six-year old daughter got caught in a terrible traffic accident.

2. for

Further reading

• “ĉar”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “ĉar”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
• Wells, John C. (1992), “ĉar, as, because, for, since”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[2], →ISBN, pages 60, 178, 186, 257, 370
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “because, for, in, see, since, where”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 64, 215, 267-268, 457, 473, 580
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “ĉar”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[4], →OL, page 74
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “ĉar”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OCLC, page 20