tsar
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.[1] Doublet of kaiser. The spelling tsar began to replace the older czar in the nineteenth century. Compare Byzantine Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /(t)sɑː/, /zɑː/
- (US) IPA(key): /(t)sɑɹ/, /zɑɹ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /zɐː/, /tsɐː/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
- Homophone: Saar
Noun[edit]
tsar (plural tsars)
- (historical) An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
- 1832 August 1, W. Barnes, “On the Origin of Language”, in Gentleman's Magazine[1], London, page 129:
- and why, in the name of common sense, should the English call the Czar (tsar) of Russia raze?
- (figuratively) A person with great power; an autocrat.
Usage notes[edit]
- (emperor of Russia): Officially, emperors after 1721 were styled imperator (импера́тор (imperátor)) rather than tsar (царь (carʹ)), but the latter term is still commonly applied to them.
- The term sometimes refers to other emperors, besides those of Russia, e.g. the monarch of Bulgaria (1908-1946).
- The spelling czar is the most common one in the US, especially in figurative and informal senses. Scholarly literature prefers tsar.
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Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Funk, W. J., Word origins and their romantic stories, New York, Wilfred Funk, Inc.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cèsar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsar m (plural tsars, feminine tsarina)
Derived terms[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “tsar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of César.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsar m (plural tsars)
- czar (Russian nobility)
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Descendants[edit]
- → Persian: تزار (tezâr)
Further reading[edit]
- “tsar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsar m (plural tsares)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian царь (carʹ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Latin Caesar.
Noun[edit]
tsar m (definite singular tsaren, indefinite plural tsarer, definite plural tsarene)
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian царь (carʹ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Latin Caesar.
Noun[edit]
tsar m (definite singular tsaren, indefinite plural tsarar, definite plural tsarane)
References[edit]
- “tsar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsar m (plural tsares, feminine tsarina, feminine plural tsarinas)
- Alternative form of czar
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsar c
Declension[edit]
Declension of tsar | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tsar | tsaren | tsarer | tsarerna |
Genitive | tsars | tsarens | tsarers | tsarernas |
Anagrams[edit]
Tocharian A[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr, from *ǵʰes-. Cognate with Albanian dorë, Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír), Old Armenian ձեռն (jeṙn), Hittite [script needed] (kessar). Compare Tocharian B ṣar.
Noun[edit]
tsar m
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