kart

See also: kärt, Kärt, kárt, and kārt

English

A go-cart

Alternative forms

• cart

Etymology

Short for go-kart, an alteration of go-cart.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

kart (plural karts)

1. A go-cart.
2. (video games, attributive) A subgenre of racing game with cartoonish characters, unrealistic physics and a focus on battling with power-ups and weapons.

   Synonym: mascot racer

   • 2012 July 26, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 102:

     For our kart racer , we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life

   • 2021 June 22, Adam Jeremy Capps, The Game Maker's Bible: An All You Need Book To Create A Great Game, Adam Jeremy Capps, page 46:

     As there have been many kart games since Mario Kart. Before Mario Kart racing games were generally the same. This new style caught like fire.

   • 2024 February 23, Paul Roberts, Game AI Uncovered: Volume One, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 71:

     However, the tracks in a kart racing game tend to be a little bit wackier than your average racer and this was no different – loop-de-loops, racing upside down, and right-angle corners were all commonplace.

   1. A vehicle in such a game.

Derived terms

• superkart

Verb

kart (third-person singular simple present karts, present participle karting, simple past and past participle karted)

1. (intransitive) To ride in a go-cart.

Further reading

• “kart”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “kart”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “kart”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “kart”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• karta (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Italian carta.

Noun

kart f (plural kartn)

1. (Luserna) card

Derived terms

• postkart

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English kart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kart

Noun

kart m (plural karts, no diminutive)

1. kart, cart, go-kart, go-cart (small vehicle used for racing)

Derived terms

• kartbaan
• karten

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁt/
• Rhymes: -aʁt
• Homophone: carte

Noun

kart m (plural karts)

1. go-cart

Further reading

• “kart”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَرْتْ (qart), from Proto-Turkic *kart. May be a derivation from Proto-Turkic *karı. However, this is uncertain. Compare Azerbaijani qart, archaic Turkish kart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑɾt/

Adjective

kart (comparative taa kart, superlative en kart)

1. (animate) elderly, old

   Synonym: yaşlı

   kart kız

   old maid

Usage notes

• eski is used for inanimate objects.

Derived terms

• kartlaşmaa (“to age”)
• kartlık (“oldness, aging”)

Noun

kart (definite accusative kartı, plural kartlar)

1. old animal meat

Declension

Declension of kart

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kart	kartlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	kartı	kartları
dative (yönelme)	karta	kartlara
locative (bulunma)	kartta	kartlarda
ablative (çıkma)	karttan	kartlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	kartın	kartların

Further reading

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “карт”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 251
• Baskakov, N. A. (1991), “kart”, in İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 136
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “kart”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 46
• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “kart”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 93

Hungarian

Etymology

kar +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒrt]
• Hyphenation: kart

Noun

kart

1. accusative singular of kar

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kart.

Noun

kart m (invariable)

1. kart, cart, go-kart, go-cart (small vehicle used for racing)

Livonian

Verb

kart

1. obsolete spelling of kartõ

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʈ/, /kaʁt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʈ, -aʁt, -art
• Hyphenation: kart
• Homophone: carte

Etymology 1

Noun

kart m (definite singular karten, indefinite plural kart or karter, definite plural kartene)

1. unripe fruit or berries

Etymology 2

From Latin charta (“paper, map”).

Noun

kart n (definite singular kartet, indefinite plural kart or karter, definite plural karta or kartene)

1. a map

Derived terms

• bykart
• kartlegge
• plankart
• sjøkart
• skattekart
• veikart
• verdenskart
• værkart

References

• “kart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

kart m (definite singular karten, indefinite plural kartar, definite plural kartane)

1. unripe fruit or berries

Etymology 2

Noun

kart n (definite singular kartet, indefinite plural kart, definite plural karta)

1. a map

Derived terms

• bykart
• plankart
• sjøkart

References

• “kart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkart/
• Rhymes: -art
• Syllabification: kart
• Homophone: kard

Noun

kart f

1. genitive plural of karta

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kart.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.tɨ/

• Homophone: carte

Noun

kart m (plural karts)

1. alternative form of carte

Further reading

• “kart”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “kart”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “kart”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “kart”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English kart.

Noun

kart m (plural karts)

1. kart, cart, go-kart, go-cart (small vehicle used for racing)

Further reading

• “kart”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “kart” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Noun

kart n

1. an unripe fruit or berry

Declension

Declension of kart

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kart	karts
	definite	kartet	kartets
plural	indefinite	kart	karts
	definite	karten	kartens

Derived terms

• surkart

Noun

kart c

1. a kart (go-cart)

   Synonym: (more common outside professional karting) gokart

Declension

Declension of kart

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kart	karts
	definite	karten	kartens
plural	indefinite	karts, karter	karts, karters
	definite	karterna	karternas

Related terms

• karting

References

• “kart”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kart”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kart”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• rakt

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑɾt/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *karï (“old person”), whence obsolete (now dialectal) karı (“old person”). Cognate with Kazakh қарт (qart, “old man”), Kyrgyz карт (kart, “old, old man”), Azerbaijani qart, etc.

Adjective

kart

1. hoary, old

Synonyms

• yaşlı, ihtiyar

Derived terms

• kartlaşmak (“to get old”)

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish قارت (kart), from French carte.

Noun

kart (definite accusative kartı, plural kartlar)

1. card

Declension

Declension of kart

singular plural nominative kart kartlar definite accusative kardı kartları dative karda kartlara locative kartta kartlarda ablative karttan kartlardan genitive kardın kartların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kardım kartlarım 2nd singular kardın kartların 3rd singular kardı kartları 1st plural kardımız kartlarımız 2nd plural kardınız kartlarınız 3rd plural kartları kartları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kardımı kartlarımı 2nd singular kardını kartlarını 3rd singular kardını kartlarını 1st plural kardımızı kartlarımızı 2nd plural kardınızı kartlarınızı 3rd plural kartlarını kartlarını dative singular plural 1st singular kardıma kartlarıma 2nd singular kardına kartlarına 3rd singular kardına kartlarına 1st plural kardımıza kartlarımıza 2nd plural kardınıza kartlarınıza 3rd plural kartlarına kartlarına locative singular plural 1st singular kardımda kartlarımda 2nd singular kardında kartlarında 3rd singular kardında kartlarında 1st plural kardımızda kartlarımızda 2nd plural kardınızda kartlarınızda 3rd plural kartlarında kartlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular kardımdan kartlarımdan 2nd singular kardından kartlarından 3rd singular kardından kartlarından 1st plural kardımızdan kartlarımızdan 2nd plural kardınızdan kartlarınızdan 3rd plural kartlarından kartlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular kardımın kartlarımın 2nd singular kardının kartlarının 3rd singular kardının kartlarının 1st plural kardımızın kartlarımızın 2nd plural kardınızın kartlarınızın 3rd plural kartlarının kartlarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular kardım kartlarım 2nd singular kartsın kartlarsın 3rd singular kart karttır kartlar kartlardır 1st plural kardız kartlarız 2nd plural kartsınız kartlarsınız 3rd plural kartlar kartlardır

Related terms

• kredi kartı

Further reading

• “kart”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

West Flemish

Etymology

Borrowed from French quart.

Noun

kart n

1. quarter, one of four (equal) parts
2. A quarter of an hour, i.e. 15 minutes