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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Carib or Spanish Caribe.

Symbol

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car

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kari'na.

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (two-wheeled baggage wagon), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (wagon), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (vehicle). Doublet of carrus and horse.

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    Noun

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    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 but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
      Synonyms: auto, motorcar, vehicle, (US) automobile, (Britain, colloquial) motor, (obsolete) carriage; see also Thesaurus:automobile
      in a car
      He drove his car to the theatre.
      He was thinking about buying a brand new car.
      • 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown[1], performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
        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: […] .
      • 2019 November 17, Sarah Holt, “Verstappen wins Brazilian GP as Ferraris collide AND Gasly and Sainz claim first F1 podiums”, in CNN[3]:
        The race around the Interlagos circuit in São Paolo effectively became a 12-lap dash to the flag when Valtteri Bottas triggered the safety car after he pulled his Mercedes over with engine trouble.
      • 2020 September 19, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “I hate to say it, but Ferrari’s new convertible is worth every penny”, in CNN[4]:
        Then, of course, there are the cars themselves. The most valuable classic car ever sold at auction was a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that sold for more than $48 million in 2018. Of the top ten most valuable cars ever sold at auction, six are Ferraris.
    2. (archaic) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
      1. (archaic) A cart.
      2. (archaic) A chariot.
      3. (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
    3. Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
      1. (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
        Synonyms: railcar, wagon, carriage
        The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
      2. A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.
        Hyponyms: mill car, mine car, quarry car, skip car
      3. (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.
      4. (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.
      5. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
        Synonyms: carload, wagonload
        We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
        • 1907, Texas Agricultural, Mechanical College System, Bulletin, volumes 93-117, page 5:
          This market reports only one or two cars per day, selling by the hundred weight, and at a price a little lower than that of Indian corn.
    4. 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.
    5. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
      Synonym: carriage
      The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
    6. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
      Synonyms: gondola, (balloons only) basket
    7. (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.
    8. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
    9. (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
    10. (Internet, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of cat.
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    Descendants
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    • French: car
    • Russian: кар (kar)
    • Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)
    • Tamil: கார் (kār)
    • Japanese: カー ()
    • Korean: (ka)
    • Hindi: कार (kār)
    • Urdu: کار (kār)
    Translations
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    Etymology 2

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    BERJAYA
    Diagram for the list (42 69 613). The car of the first cons is 42, and the cdr points the next cons.

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

      Noun

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      car (plural cars)

      1. (programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
        Antonym: cdr
        Holonym: cons
        • 2000, Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach:
          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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      Anagrams

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      Aromanian

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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

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      car n (plural cari)

      1. chariot
      2. ox-cart
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      Äynu

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      Noun

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      car

      1. mouth

      Catalan

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      Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Latin cārus.

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      Adjective

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

      1. expensive
        Synonyms: alt, costós
        Antonym: barat
      2. (poetic) dear
        Synonyms: estimat, amat, apreciat

      Etymology 2

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      Inherited from Latin quārē (how; why). Compare French car.

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      Conjunction

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      car

      1. (archaic) as, since, because, for
        Synonym: perquè

      Etymology 3

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      Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κάροιον (károion, yard, spar), from Ancient Greek κεραίᾱ (keraíā).

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      car m (plural cars)

      1. (nautical) foreyard

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      Czech

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      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sar]
      • Hyphenation: car
      • Rhymes: -ar

      Noun

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      car m anim

      1. tsar

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      French

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      Etymology 1

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      From Old French quer (as, since, because, for), from Latin quārē (how; why). Compare Catalan car.

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      car

      1. as, since, because, for
        J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait.
        I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
        • c. 1656–1662, Blaise Pascal, “Dossier de travail - Fragment n° 10 / 35”, in Pensées [Thoughts]‎[6]:
          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.
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      car is a coordinating conjunction while parce que is a subordinating conjunction.

      Synonyms
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      Etymology 2

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

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      car m (plural cars)

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

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      Adjective

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      car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

      1. dear; beloved; cherished
      2. expensive

      Irish

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      Etymology

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

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      Verb

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

      1. to love
      2. be devoted to

      Conjugation

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      Conjugation of car (first conjugation – A)
      indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      present caraim carann tú;
      carair
      carann sé, sí caraimid; carann muid carann sibh carann siad;
      caraid
      a charann; a charas cartar
      past char mé; charas char tú; charais char sé, sí charamar; char muid char sibh; charabhair char siad; charadar a char caradh
      past habitual charainn /
      carainn
      chartá /
      cartá
      charadh sé, sí /
      caradh sé, sí
      charaimis; charadh muid /
      caraimis; caradh muid
      charadh sibh /
      caradh sibh
      charaidís; charadh siad /
      caraidís; caradh siad
      a charadh chartaí /
      cartaí
      singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      future carfaidh mé;
      carfad
      carfaidh tú;
      carfair
      carfaidh sé, sí carfaimid;
      carfaidh muid
      carfaidh sibh carfaidh siad;
      carfaid
      a charfaidh; a charfas carfar
      conditional charfainn /
      carfainn
      charfá /
      carfá
      charfadh sé, sí /
      carfadh sé, sí
      charfaimis; charfadh muid /
      carfaimis; carfadh muid
      charfadh sibh /
      carfadh sibh
      charfaidís; charfadh siad /
      carfaidís; carfadh siad
      a charfadh charfaí /
      carfaí
      subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      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 gcarainn gcartá gcaradh sé, sí gcaraimis;
      gcaradh muid
      gcaradh sibh gcaraidís;
      gcaradh siad
      gcartaí
      imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      caraim car caradh sé, sí caraimis caraigí;
      caraidh
      caraidís cartar
      past participle cartha
      verbal noun carthain

      archaic or dialect form
      dependent form

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      Mutation

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      Mutated forms of car
      radical lenition eclipsis
      car char gcar

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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      Etymology

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      Akin to Italian caro, from Latin carus.

      Adjective

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      car

      1. dear

      Manx

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      Etymology

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      From Old Irish cor (act of putting), verbal noun of fo·ceird (to put).[1] Cognate with Irish cor and Scottish Gaelic car.

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      car m (genitive singular car, plural khyr)

      1. twist, turn; a period of time
        car ny bleeaneyall the year round
        car y toureeall summer
        car y voghreyall morning
        car yn astyrall evening
        • 1814, John Clague, Aght Giare, page 37:
          Q. Cre t’ou toiggal liorish yn Chargys?
          A. Trostey ’sy niarragh car da-eed laa roish y chaisht.
          Q. What do you mean by Lent?
          A. The spring fast of forty Days before Easter.
        • 1819, Yn Vible Casherick, Isaiah 18:6:
          Bee ad faagit cooidjagh da eeanlee ny sleityn, as da maase y vagheragh;
          nee ny eeanlee tannaghtyn orroo car y touree, as maase y vagheragh car y yeuree.
          They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey and to the wild animals;
          the birds will feed on them all summer, the wild animals all winter.

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      Used adverbially to mean 'throughout [a certain time]', but not with laa or oie.

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      Mutation

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      Mutation of car
      radical lenition eclipsis
      car char gar

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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      1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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      Conjunction

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      car

      1. for (because)

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      Occitan

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      Etymology

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

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

      1. dear
      2. expensive

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      Noun

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      car oblique singularm (oblique plural cars, nominative singular cars, nominative plural car)

      1. alternative form of char

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      car

      1. dear

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ). Doublet of cesarz, cezar, and kajzer.

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        • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sar/
        • Audio:(file)
        • Rhymes: -ar
        • Syllabification: car

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        car m pers

        1. (historical) czar, tsar, tzar (title of the former emperors of Russia)
          Synonym: (colloquial) batiuszka
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        Further reading

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        • car”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • car”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[8] (in Polish)

        Romagnol

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        Etymology

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        From Latin carrus (wagon; cart).

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        car m (plural chër) (Ville Unite)

        1. wagon, cart

        Romanian

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        From Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros. Sense 3 is influenced by French char and/or Italian carro armato.

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        car n (plural care)

        1. cart
        2. chariot
        3. (outdated) tank (military vehicle)
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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative car carul care carele
        genitive-dative car carului care carelor
        vocative carule carelor
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        Etymology 2

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        Verb

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        car

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

        Etymology 3

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        From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.

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        car m (plural cari)

        1. death-watch beetle
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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative car carul cari carii
        genitive-dative car carului cari carilor
        vocative carule carilor

        Etymology 4

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        From Romani kar.

        Noun

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        car m (plural car)

        1. (vulgar slang) dick, cock (the penis)
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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative car carul cari carii
        genitive-dative car carului cari carilor
        vocative carule carilor
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        Scottish Gaelic

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        Etymology

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        From Old Irish cor (act of putting), verbal noun of fo·ceird (to put).

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        car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

        1. job
        2. twist, turn
        3. trick (Can we add an example for this sense?)
        4. bit

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        Adverb

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        car

        1. somewhat, quite, rather
          Tha thu car fadalach.You're somewhat late.
          Thàinig an stòiridh gu ceann car obann.The story came to an end somewhat abruptly.
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        1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

        Serbo-Croatian

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        Etymology

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

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        cȁr m anim (Cyrillic spelling ца̏р)

        1. czar, emperor, monarch
          Podajte caru carevo, a Bogu Božje.Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor and God what belongs to God.
          • 1971, Branko B. Radičević, Baš-Čelik, Belgrade, page 1:
            Bijaše jedan car, i imađaše tri sina i tri ćerke.
            There once was a tsar and he had three daughters and three sons.

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        Declension of car
        singular plural
        nominative cȁr cȁrevi
        genitive cȁra cȁrēvā
        dative cȁru cȁrevima
        accusative cȁra cȁreve
        vocative cȁre / cȁru (rare) cȁrevi
        locative cȁru cȁrevima
        instrumental cȁrem cȁrevima

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        References

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        • car”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

        Slovene

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        Etymology

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

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /t͡sàːr/, /t͡sáːr/

        Noun

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        cār m anim (female equivalent caríca or cārinja)

        1. tsar

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        Unknown tone or non-tonal
        The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
        Masculine inan., soft o-stem
        nom. sing. cár
        gen. sing. cárja
        singular dual plural
        nominative
        (imenovȃlnik)
        cár cárja cárji
        genitive
        (rodȋlnik)
        cárja cárjev cárjev
        dative
        (dajȃlnik)
        cárju cárjema cárjem
        accusative
        (tožȋlnik)
        cár cárja cárje
        locative
        (mẹ̑stnik)
        cárju cárjih cárjih
        instrumental
        (orọ̑dnik)
        cárjem cárjema cárji

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        Further reading

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        • car”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

        Spanish

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        Etymology

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        From Latin quārē (why).

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾ/ [ˈkaɾ]
        • Rhymes: -aɾ
        • Syllabification: car

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        car

        1. (archaic) because
          Synonyms: porque, (archaic) ca

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        Volapük

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        car (genitive cara, plural cars)

        1. (weaponry) bow

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        Declension of car
        Singular Plural
        Nominative car cars
        Genitive cara caras
        Dative care cares
        Accusative cari caris
        Predicative1 caru carus
        Vocative o car o cars
        1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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        Etymology

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

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        car m (plural ceir)

        1. car
        2. (obsolete) cart, wagon
          Synonyms: cart, cert, trol, men

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        Mutation

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        Mutated forms of car
        radical soft nasal aspirate
        car gar nghar char

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Further reading

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        • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “car”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[9], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
        • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “car”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
        • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “car”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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        Etymology

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        From Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra.

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        car

        1. car
          Synonym: truckle
          • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 6:
            An awi gome her egges wi a wheel an car taape,
            And away went her eggs, with the car overset.

        References

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        • Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[10], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129

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        Proper noun

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        car m

        1. god