go-cart

English

A go-kart.

Alternative forms

• gocart (device to help children to walk)
• go-kart (racing vehicle)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Germanic *gāną

Proto-West Germanic *gān

Old English gān

Middle English gon

English go

Old Norse kartrbor.

Proto-Germanic *kradô

Proto-West Germanic *krat

Old English crætder.

Middle English cart

English cart

English go-cart

From go + cart.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊˌkɑɹt/

Noun

go-cart (plural go-carts)

1. A small, open-wheeled vehicle for racing:
   1. A soapbox car for downhill racing or playful noncompetitive driving on flat terrain.
      • 1975, Richard Scarry, Best Counting Book Ever, page 10:

        Beep-beep. Here comes Joey on his go-cart. That makes five bunnies.

      • 2005, Alison Inches (adapted), Big Sister Dora!‎^[1], page 13:

        The Nut Farm is far away, but Benny says he will drive us if we can help him put the tires on his go-cart.

   2. A motorized vehicle for racing on flat terrain; usually spelled go-kart.
2. (dated) A framework moving on casters, designed to support children as they learn to walk; a baby walker.

Related terms

• karting

Translations

a racing vehicle

• Bulgarian: картинг m (karting)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡丁車 / 卡丁车 (zh) (kǎdīngchē), 高卡車 / 高卡车 (gāokǎchē)

• Danish: gokart c, kart c
• Finnish: mikroauto (fi)
• French: kart (fr) m
• German: Gokart m or n, Kart n
• Japanese: ゴーカート (ja) (gōkāto), レーシングカート (ja) (rēshingukāto), カート (ja) (kāto)
• Korean: 레이싱 카트 (reising kateu), 카트 (kateu)
• Malay: go-kart
• Norman: tchaîse à rouôlettes f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gokart m

  Nynorsk: gokart m

• Polish: gokart (pl) m
• Portuguese: kart (pt) m, carte (pt) m
• Russian: карт (ru) m (kart), ка́ртинг (ru) m (kárting)
• Spanish: kart (es) m
• Swedish: gokart (sv) c, gocart (sv) c

support for children as they learn to walk

• Bulgarian: проходилка f (prohodilka)
• Portuguese: andadeira f
• Tamil: நடைவண்டி (ta) (naṭaivaṇṭi)

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of go-kart.