kar

See also: Kar, kár, Kár, kâr, kär, Kär, kår, and kār-

English

Noun

kar (plural kars)

1. (marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car.
   • 1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, page 26:

     In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added.

Anagrams

• AKR, Ark, Ark., RAK, RKA, ark, kra

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

1. cart
2. car, automobile

Synonyms

• wa

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Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, borrowed from Romani kar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaɾ]
• IPA^(key): [kaɹ] (Gheg)

Noun

kar m (indefinite plural kar, definite singular kari, definite plural karet)

1. (anatomy) penis
2. (slang, vulgar) cock, dick

Declension

declension of kar

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	kar	kare		kari	karet
accusative (kallëzore)	kar	kare		karin	karet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	kari	kareve		karit	karevet
dative (dhanore)	kari	kareve		karit	karevet
ablative (rrjedhore)	kari	karesh		karit	karevet

Derived terms

• karuc m (diminutive)

Synonyms

• penis m (chiefly formal)
• luc m (childish)
• karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar, diminutive)
• dërrasë f (vulgar)
• hu m (vulgar)

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian کر‎ (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ən kar)

1. deaf
2. (phonetics, of a consonant) voiceless

   kar samitlər ― voiceless consonants

Antonyms

• (of a consonant): cingiltili

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Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants.

Noun

kar m (plural kerent)

1. relative

Mutation

  Mutation of kar  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kar	gar	c'har	unchanged
plural	kerent	gerent	c'herent	unchanged

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kar

1. Hard mutation of gar.

Mutation

  Mutation of kar  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	gar	c'har	unchanged	kar
plural	garoù	c'haroù	unchanged	karoù

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Chuukese

Adjective

kar

1. hot

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Czech

Noun

kar m

1. cirque

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka/, [kʰɑ]
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

1. vessel
2. trough

Inflection

Declension of kar

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kar	karret	kar	karrene
genitive	kars	karrets	kars	karrenes

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑr/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kar
• Rhymes: -ɑr

Noun

kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

1. A cart.
2. Any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck.

Derived terms

• golfkar
• handkar
• hondenkar
• huifkar
• karren
• karrenvracht
• ossenkar
• racekar
• sleepkar
• steekkar
• strijdkar

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kar

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Elfdalian

Noun

kar n

1. tub, bathtub

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒr]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒr

Etymology 1

From a Turkic language.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

2. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
3. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
4. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
5. (only with the suffix -ban (“in”), often preceded by jó (“good”) or rossz (“bad”)) condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kar	karok
accusative	kart	karokat
dative	karnak	karoknak
instrumental	karral	karokkal
causal-final	karért	karokért
translative	karrá	karokká
terminative	karig	karokig
essive-formal	karként	karokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	karban	karokban
superessive	karon	karokon
adessive	karnál	karoknál
illative	karba	karokba
sublative	karra	karokra
allative	karhoz	karokhoz
elative	karból	karokból
delative	karról	karokról
ablative	kartól	karoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	karé	karoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	karéi	karokéi

Possessive forms of kar
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	karom	karjaim
2nd person sing.	karod	karjaid
3rd person sing.	karja	karjai
1st person plural	karunk	karjaink
2nd person plural	karotok	karjaitok
3rd person plural	karjuk	karjaik

Derived terms

• kari
• karol
• karos
• karú

 

Compound words

• alkar
• erőkar
• felkar
• karbantart → karbantartás, karbantartó
• karfa
• karizom
• karkötő
• karlyuk
• karszalag

 

Expressions

• tárt karokkal

 

Etymology 2

From Latin chorus.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

2. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (“teaching staff”))
3. faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)

   Meronym: tanszék

4. a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)

   Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kar	karok
accusative	kart	karokat
dative	karnak	karoknak
instrumental	karral	karokkal
causal-final	karért	karokért
translative	karrá	karokká
terminative	karig	karokig
essive-formal	karként	karokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	karban	karokban
superessive	karon	karokon
adessive	karnál	karoknál
illative	karba	karokba
sublative	karra	karokra
allative	karhoz	karokhoz
elative	karból	karokból
delative	karról	karokról
ablative	kartól	karoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	karé	karoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	karéi	karokéi

Possessive forms of kar
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	karom	karaim
2nd person sing.	karod	karaid
3rd person sing.	kara	karai
1st person plural	karunk	karaink
2nd person plural	karotok	karaitok
3rd person plural	karuk	karaik

Derived terms

• kari

 

Compound words

• énekkar
• kardal
• karmester
• karnagy
• karzat
• tánckar
• zenekar

 

Usage notes

These two nouns are almost completely homonymous except for the third person single-object possessive forms and all multiple-object possessive forms, the first one (with the sense "arm") having an extra -j- between the root and the possessive ending.

Further reading

• (arm, lever): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
• (faculty; ensemble): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker. Doublet of ker. Cognate with Swedish kar.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. tub

Declension

declension of kar

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kar	karið	kör	körin
accusative	kar	karið	kör	körin
dative	kari	karinu	körum	körunum
genitive	kars	karsins	kara	karanna

Derived terms

• baðkar

Etymology 2

From English car.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. (colloquial, North America) car, automobile

Declension

declension of kar

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kar	karið	kör	körin
accusative	kar	karið	kör	körin
dative	kari	karinu	körum	körunum
genitive	kars	karsins	kara	karanna

Synonyms

• bíll

Related terms

• (colloquial, North American) strítkar (“streetcar”)

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K'iche'

Noun

kar

1. fish

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Latvian

Verb

kar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of kārt
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of kārt
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of kārt
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of kārt
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of kārt
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of kārt

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Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

kar

1. they

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Northern Kurdish

Noun

kar m

1. work, labor

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karer, definite plural karene)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man

Usage notes

• Between 1938 and 1983, kara was a co-standard definite plural form. The form is now considered dialectal. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, hest, and tupp.

Derived terms

• ågerkar

Etymology 2

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker, in the sense of blood vessels influenced by Latin vas

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara or karene)

1. a container, vessel, tub, vat
2. a (fish) trap (e.g. for salmon)
3. a pier (for a bridge)
4. a vessel, artery, tube in a body or plant

Derived terms

• badekar
• blodkar
• brokar

References

• “kar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːr/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kall.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karar, definite plural karane)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
2. Synonyms: fyr, mann, type

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą. Doublet of kjer.

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara)

1. a vessel, tub (container of liquid or other substance)

Derived terms

• badekar
• blodkar

References

• “kar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ark, kra, rak

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

kar f

1. genitive plural of kara

Noun

kar n

1. genitive plural of karo

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Romani

Etymology

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

Noun

kar m (plural kara)

1. (anatomy) penis

Descendants

• → Albanian: kar

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːr/
• Homophone: karl

Noun

kar n

1. tub
2. bathtub

Declension

Declension of kar
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kar	karet	kar	karen
Genitive	kars	karets	kars	karens

Synonyms

• (bathtub): badkar

Anagrams

• ark, rak

References

• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English car.

Noun

kar

1. car

Synonyms

• ka

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾ/

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺‎ (kar, “snow”), from Proto-Turkic *kār, *Kiār (“snow”). Compare Proto-Mongolic *karig (“strong coldness”).

Noun

kar (definite accusative karı, plural karlar)

1. snow

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kar
Definite accusative	karı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kar	karlar
Definite accusative	karı	karları
Dative	kara	karlara
Locative	karda	karlarda
Ablative	kardan	karlardan
Genitive	karın	karların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular karım karlarım 2nd singular karın karların 3rd singular karı karları 1st plural karımız karlarımız 2nd plural karınız karlarınız 3rd plural karları karları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular karımı karlarımı 2nd singular karını karlarını 3rd singular karını karlarını 1st plural karımızı karlarımızı 2nd plural karınızı karlarınızı 3rd plural karlarını karlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular karıma karlarıma 2nd singular karına karlarına 3rd singular karına karlarına 1st plural karımıza karlarımıza 2nd plural karınıza karlarınıza 3rd plural karlarına karlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular karımda karlarımda 2nd singular karında karlarında 3rd singular karında karlarında 1st plural karımızda karlarımızda 2nd plural karınızda karlarınızda 3rd plural karlarında karlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular karımdan karlarımdan 2nd singular karından karlarından 3rd singular karından karlarından 1st plural karımızdan karlarımızdan 2nd plural karınızdan karlarınızdan 3rd plural karlarından karlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular karımın karlarımın 2nd singular karının karlarının 3rd singular karının karlarının 1st plural karımızın karlarımızın 2nd plural karınızın karlarınızın 3rd plural karlarının karlarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular karım karlarım 2nd singular karsın karlarsın 3rd singular kar kardır karlar karlardır 1st plural karız karlarız 2nd plural karsınız karlarsınız 3rd plural karlar karlardır

Derived terms

• kardan adam (“snowman”)
• karlı
• karlık
• karlılık
• karsız
• karsızlık

 

See also

• kâr
• yağmur

Further reading

• kar in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 2

Verb

kar

1. second-person singular imperative of karmak

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Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian کر‎ (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

1. deaf

Derived terms

• karlik

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

kar c (plural karren)

1. choice

Derived terms

• foarkar

Further reading

• “kar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Zazaki

Noun

kar

1. (grammar) verb

Synonyms

• fiil