car

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), or Gaulish origin. Doublet of horse, hurry, rush, courier, and course.

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Noun[edit]

car (plural cars)

  1. 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.
    • 2005, Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, and Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), “Stay Fly”, in Most Known Unknown‎[1], Sony BMG, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG):
      I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎[2]:
      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: […] .
    Synonyms: auto, motorcar, vehicle, automobile (US), motor (Britain, colloquial), carriage (obsolete)
  2. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
    • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[3]
      It shall suffice me to enioy your loue,
      Which whiles I haue, I thinke my selfe as great,
      As Caesar riding in the Romaine streete,
      With captiue kings at his triumphant Carre.
    • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene 8,[4]
      He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled
      Like holy Phoebus’ car.
    1. (Britain, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
  3. (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
    The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
    Synonyms: railcar, wagon
  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.
  6. (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
    From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
  7. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
    We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
    Synonyms: carload, wagonload
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
    Synonym: carriage
  10. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
    Synonyms: gondola, basket (balloons only)
  11. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
    • 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim‎[5], →ISBN, 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
  12. (uncountable, US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
    Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
  13. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
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Translations[edit]
railway car, railroad carriage — see carriage
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Etymology 2[edit]

Etymology unclear, but probably from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Compare cair (“to turn, go”), char (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”), German Kehre (“turn, bend”).

Shakespeare had something of a fondness for verbalizing nouns, and sometimes even substantivizing verbs. However, anything other than a "turn" does not seem to make any sense within the broader context of the cited Sonnet.

Noun[edit]

car (plural cars)

  1. (obsolete) A turn.
    • 1609 William Shakespeare, Sonnet 7,[6]
      But when from highmost pitch, with weary car,
      Like feeble age, he reeleth from the day, (after the sun reaches the zenith it, with a weary turn, begins to reel (“to roll”) (downwards))

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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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Gallery[edit]

  • A hydrogen-powered car.

  • Freight cars.

  • A self-propelled passenger car.

  • Ferris wheel cars.

  • Car on a sailboat.

  • Car of a Zeppelin.

  • Elevator cars.

Anagrams[edit]

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros. Compare Romanian car.

Noun[edit]

car n (plural cari)

  1. chariot
  2. ox-cart

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Aynu[edit]

Noun[edit]

car

  1. mouth

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cārus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. expensive
  2. (poetic) dear

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

car m

  1. tsar

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French quer (“as, since, because, for”), from Latin quārē (“how; why”).

Conjunction[edit]

car

  1. as, since, because, for
    • c. 1656–1662, Blaise Pascal, “Dossier de travail - Fragment n° 10 / 35”, in Pensées [Thoughts]‎[7]:
      Car dans la création de l’homme Adam en était le témoin et le dépositaire de la promesse du sauveur qui devait naître de la femme, lorsque les hommes étaient encore si proches de la Création qu’ils ne pouvaient avoir oublié leur création et leur chute.
      For in the creation of man, Adam was the witness and the depositary of the promise of the saviour who would be born of woman, when the men were still so close to the Creation that they could not have forgotten their creation and their fall.
    J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait.
    I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English car, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman and the Old Northern French car, variant of Old French char. Doublet of char.

Noun[edit]

car m (plural cars)

  1. a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach
    Les élèves vont à l’école en car. ― The pupils go to school by coach.
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Interlingua[edit]

Adjective[edit]

car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

  1. dear; beloved; cherished
  2. expensive

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish caraid, from Proto-Celtic *kareti (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

car (present analytic carann, future analytic carfaidh, verbal noun carthain, past participle cartha)

  1. to love
  2. be devoted to

Conjugation[edit]

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present caraim carann tú;
carair† 		carann sé, sí caraimid carann sibh carann siad;
caraid† 		a charann; a charas /
a gcarann*; a gcaras* 		cartar
past char mé; charas char tú; charais char sé, sí charamar; char muid char sibh; charabhair char siad; charadar a char /
ar char* 		caradh
past habitual charainn / gcarainn‡‡ chartá / gcartᇇ charadh sé, sí / gcaradh sé, s퇇 charaimis; charadh muid / gcaraimis‡‡; gcaradh muid‡‡ charadh sibh / gcaradh sibh‡‡ charaidís; charadh siad / gcaraidís‡‡; gcaradh siad‡‡ a charadh /
a gcaradh* 		chartaí / gcarta퇇
future carfaidh mé;
carfad 		carfaidh tú;
carfair† 		carfaidh sé, sí carfaimid;
carfaidh muid 		carfaidh sibh carfaidh siad;
carfaid† 		a charfaidh; a charfas /
a gcarfaidh*; a gcarfas* 		carfar
conditional charfainn / gcarfainn‡‡ charfá / gcarfᇇ charfadh sé, sí / gcarfadh sé, s퇇 charfaimis; charfadh muid / gcarfaimis‡‡; gcarfadh muid‡‡ charfadh sibh / gcarfadh sibh‡‡ charfaidís; charfadh siad / gcarfaidís‡‡; gcarfadh siad‡‡ a charfadh /
a gcarfadh* 		charfaí / gcarfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcara mé;
go gcarad† 		go gcara tú;
go gcarair† 		go gcara sé, sí go gcaraimid;
go gcara muid 		go gcara sibh go gcara siad;
go gcaraid† 		— go gcartar
past dá gcarainn dá gcartá dá gcaradh sé, sí dá gcaraimis;
dá gcaradh muid 		dá gcaradh sibh dá gcaraidís;
dá gcaradh siad 		— dá gcartaí
imperative caraim car caradh sé, sí caraimis caraigí;
caraidh† 		caraidís — cartar
verbal noun carthain
past participle cartha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
car char gcar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Synonyms[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

car

  1. for (because)

Descendants[edit]

  • French: car

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cārus.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. dear
  2. expensive

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of cesarz (“emperor”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

car m pers

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • car in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros.

Noun[edit]

car n (plural care)

  1. cart
  2. chariot
Declension[edit]
Declension of car
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) car carul (niște) care carele
genitive/dative (unui) car carului (unor) care carelor
vocative carule carelor
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Verb[edit]

car

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căra

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin caries or carius.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

car m (plural cari)

  2. death-watch beetle
Declension[edit]
Declension of car
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) car carul (niște) cari carii
genitive/dative (unui) car carului (unor) cari carilor
vocative carule carilor

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

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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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, *cьsarь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cȁr m (Cyrillic spelling ца̏р)

  1. czar, emperor, monarch
  2. Podajte caru carevo, a Bogu Božje - Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor and God what belongs to God.

Declension[edit]

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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Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Serbo-Croatian cȁr, from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡sàːr/, /t͡sáːr/

Noun[edit]

cār m anim (female equivalent caríca or cārinja)

  1. tsar

Inflection[edit]

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. cár
gen. sing. cárja
singular dual plural
nominative cár cárja cárji
accusative cár cárja cárje
genitive cárja cárjev cárjev
dative cárju cárjema cárjem
locative cárju cárjih cárjih
instrumental cárjem cárjema cárji

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Spanish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin quare (“why”).

Adverb[edit]

car

  1. (archaic) why

Volapük[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

car (nominative plural cars)

  1. (weapon) bow

Declension[edit]

declension of car
singular plural
nominative car cars
genitive cara caras
dative care cares
accusative cari caris
vocative 1 o car! o cars!
predicative 2 caru carus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Welsh carr, from Proto-Brythonic *karr, from Proto-Celtic *karros.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

car m (plural ceir)

  1. car

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
car gar nghar char
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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