car
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Symbol
car
See also
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑː/
Audio (Received Pronunciation); “a car”: (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /kɑɹ/
Audio (General American): (file) - (Scotland) IPA(key): [kʰäɾ]
- (Boston) IPA(key): [kʰaː]
- Homophones: carr, Carr, Karr
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology 1
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 horse.
Alternative forms
Noun
car (plural cars)
- A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.
- Synonyms: auto, motorcar, vehicle, (US) automobile, (Britain, colloquial) motor, (obsolete) carriage; see also Thesaurus:automobile
- She drove her car to the mall.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
- 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: […] .
- (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
- 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- It shall suffice me to enioy your loue,
Which whiles I haue, I thinke my selfe as great,
As Caesar riding in the Romaine streete,
With captiue kings at his triumphant Carre.
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene viii]:
- He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled
Like holy Phoebus’ car.
- 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros, London: Jonathan Cape, page 19:
- The Red Foliot sate in his car of polished ebony, drawn by six black horses with flowing manes and tails; before him went his musicians, pipers and minstrels doing their craft, and behind him fifty spearmen, weighed down with armour and ponderous shields that covered them from chin to toe.
- (dated) A cart.
- (dated) A chariot.
- (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
- Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
- (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
- A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.
- Hyponyms: mill car, mine car, quarry car, skip car
- (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.
- (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.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
- 1850, John Wise, A System of Aeronautics, page 152:
- Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon, […]
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "What about a car?" "The car will be my next care. I have already planned how it is to be made and attached. Meanwhile I will simply show you how capable my apparatus is of supporting the weight of each of us."
- (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
- 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim, →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
- (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
- Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
- (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
- (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
- (Internet) Deliberate misspelling of cat.
Hyponyms
- amphibious car
- armored car, armoured car
- automobile car
- baggage car
- bait car
- ballast car
- bar car
- bent car
- black and white, black-and-white
- black car
- box car, box-car, boxcar
- bubble car
- buffet car
- bumper car
- cabin car
- cable car, cable-car, cablecar
- cattle car
- cement car
- city car
- clown car
- coal car
- combination car
- compact executive car
- company car
- compliance car
- concept car
- container car
- control car
- cop car
- coupe
- crane car
- crew car
- crime car
- cruise car
- custom car
- dining car
- dome car
- driving car
- dummy car
- dump car
- dynamometer car
- e-car
- economy car
- electric car
- electric flower car
- estate car
- family car
- fan car
- fastback
- ferry car
- flatcar, flat car
- flower car
- fossil car
- freight car
- funnycar, funny car
- gadding car
- getaway car
- ghost car
- golf car
- gondola car
- grain car, grain-car, graincar
- grip car, grip-car
- halo car
- hatchback
- hire car
- hog car
- hopper car
- horse car, horsecar
- hybrid car
- hydrogen car
- interurban car
- Irish car
- jaunting car
- jaunty car
- kei car
- kiddie car
- life car
- lift car
- livestock car
- loan car
- lounge car
- luggage car
- lumber car
- mail car, mail-car, mailcar
- midget car
- mill car
- mine car
- motor car, motorcar
- mulligan car
- muscle car
- notchback
- observation car
- ore car
- outside car
- pace car
- palace car
- panda car
- parlor car, parlour car
- passenger car
- patrol car
- pedal car, pedalcar
- pie car
- platform car
- police car
- pony car
- poultry car
- power car
- private car
- prowl car
- Pullman car
- pulpwood car
- pump car, pump-car
- Q-car
- quarry car
- race car, racecar
- racing car, racing-car
- radio car
- radio-controlled car
- rail car, rail-car, railcar
- railroad car
- red car
- refreshment car
- rental car
- restaurant car
- rice car
- road car
- robo-car
- rocket car
- safety car
- saloon
- scrap car
- sedan
- self-driving car
- sheep car
- skid car
- skip car
- sleeping car
- slot car, slot-car, slotcar
- smoking car
- soapbox car
- solar car
- sports car, sportscar
- sprint car, sprintcar
- squad car, squadcar
- squareback
- stock car, stockcar
- streetcar, street-car, street car
- sub-cloud car
- subway car
- surface car
- tank car
- ten-second car
- timber car
- touring car
- town car
- toy car
- trailer car
- transportation car
- trap car
- trolley, trolley car, trolley-car
- tumble-car
- unmarked car
- veteran car
- vintage car
- virtual safety car
- water car
- well car
- world car
- wreck car, wrecking car, wrecker car
- z car, Z-car, Zed-car
Derived terms
- aerocar
- aircar
- anticar
- caraholic
- car alarm
- car attendant
- carbage
- carbarn
- car barn
- car battery
- carbeam
- car body
- car-body van
- car bomb, car-bomb
- car boot
- car-booter
- car boot sale
- carborne
- car bra
- car brain
- car breaker
- car breaking
- carbuilder
- car carrier
- car cemetery
- car-centric
- car chase
- car clout
- car clouting
- carcoat
- car coat
- carcoon
- car crash
- carden
- cardening
- car door
- carfare
- car ferry
- Car Festival
- carfie
- carfleet
- carfree, car-free
- car fridge
- carful
- cargasm
- car gate
- car glass
- car guard
- car-handed
- car hire
- carhop
- car hop, car-hop
- carhouse
- car-house
- car insurance
- carjack
- car jack, car-jack
- carjacking
- car-jacking, car jacking
- car key
- carless
- car-lifting
- carlike
- carline
- carloading
- car lot
- carlot
- Carmageddon
- carmaker
- carmaking
- carman
- carmate
- car mile
- car mileage
- carnap
- carnapper
- carnapping
- carness
- car park, carpark
- car part
- car-phone, car phone, carphone
- carplane
- carpool
- carpooler
- car pooler, car-pooler
- carport
- car racing
- car radio
- car rental
- car replacer
- car safety seat
- car seat
- car sewer
- carshare
- car shed
- carsick
- car sickness
- carside
- car-sleeper
- carspiel
- carsploitation
- car-sticker
- car surfing
- cartop
- cartopper
- car transporter
- car wash, carwash
- carwasher
- carwashing
- car wreck
- chemical car
- chick car
- Comcar
- cruck
- cyclecar
- decar
- dodgem car
- dog that caught the car
- ecocar
- econocar
- electronic car key
- floating car data
- flying car
- forecar
- grand touring car
- gyrocar
- handcar
- housecar
- hovercar
- hydrocar
- hypercar
- incar
- Indy car
- intercar, inter-car
- Irish car bomb
- jetcar
- line car
- log car
- McCar
- Mexican car wash
- microcar
- minecar
- minicar
- model car
- multicar
- my car has broken down
- nanocar
- new-car smell
- on it like a car bonnet
- outcar
- podcar
- production car
- race car driver
- rent-a-car
- robocar
- Schnabel car
- sidecar
- station car
- stop the car
- supercar
- T-car
- the proverbial dog that caught the car
- tramcar
- tricar
- turbocar
- undercar
- undercover car
- zombie car
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver
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railway car, railroad carriage — see carriage
passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not — see carriage
moving, load-carrying component of an elevator
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Etymology 2
Acronym of contents of the address part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.
Noun
car (plural cars)
- (programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
- 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.
Derived terms
Gallery
- A hydrogen-powered car
- Freight cars
- A self-propelled passenger car
- Ferris wheel cars
- Car on a sailboat
- Car of a Zeppelin
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References
- “car”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “car”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros. Compare Romanian car.
Noun
car n (plural cari)
Related terms
Noun
car
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
car (feminine cara, masculine plural cars, feminine plural cares)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin quārē (“how; why”). Compare French car.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
car
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κάροιον (károion, “yard, spar”), from Ancient Greek κεραίᾱ (keraíā).
Pronunciation
Noun
car m (plural cars)
Further reading
- “car” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.
Pronunciation
Noun
car m anim
Declension
Declension of car (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French quer (“as, since, because, for”), from Latin quārē (“how; why”). Compare Catalan car.
Conjunction
car
- 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]:
- 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.
Usage notes
car is a coordinating conjunction while parce que is a subordinating conjunction.
Synonyms
- parce que (in some contexts)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English car, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman and the Old Northern French car, variant of Old French char. Doublet of char.
Noun
car m (plural cars)
- 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.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “car” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “car” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “car”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Adjective
Etymology
From Old Irish caraid, from Proto-Celtic *karāti (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).
Pronunciation
Verb
car (present analytic carann, future analytic carfaidh, verbal noun carthain, past participle cartha)
Conjugation
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | caraim | carann tú; carair† |
carann sé, sí | caraimid | carann sibh | carann siad; caraid† |
a charann; a charas / a gcarann* |
cartar |
| past | char mé; charas | char tú; charais | char sé, sí | charamar; char muid | char sibh; charabhair | char siad; charadar | a char / ar char* |
caradh | |
| past habitual | charainn / gcarainn‡‡ | chartá / gcartᇇ | charadh sé, sí / gcaradh sé, s퇇 | charaimis; charadh muid / gcaraimis‡‡; gcaradh muid‡‡ | charadh sibh / gcaradh sibh‡‡ | charaidís; charadh siad / gcaraidís‡‡; gcaradh siad‡‡ | a charadh / a gcaradh* |
chartaí / gcarta퇇 | |
| future | carfaidh mé; carfad |
carfaidh tú; carfair† |
carfaidh sé, sí | carfaimid; carfaidh muid |
carfaidh sibh | carfaidh siad; carfaid† |
a charfaidh; a charfas / a gcarfaidh* |
carfar | |
| conditional | charfainn / gcarfainn‡‡ | charfá / gcarfᇇ | charfadh sé, sí / gcarfadh sé, s퇇 | charfaimis; charfadh muid / gcarfaimis‡‡; gcarfadh muid‡‡ | charfadh sibh / gcarfadh sibh‡‡ | charfaidís; charfadh siad / gcarfaidís‡‡; gcarfadh siad‡‡ | a charfadh / a gcarfadh* |
charfaí / gcarfa퇇 | |
| subjunctive | 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 | dá gcarainn | dá gcartá | dá gcaradh sé, sí | dá gcaraimis; dá gcaradh muid |
dá gcaradh sibh | dá gcaraidís; dá gcaradh siad |
— | dá gcartaí | |
| imperative | caraim | car | caradh sé, sí | caraimis | caraigí; caraidh† |
caraidís | — | cartar | |
| verbal noun | carthain | ||||||||
| past participle | cartha | ||||||||
conjugation of car (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Synonyms
Mutation
| 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.
Etymology
Adjective
car
Conjunction
car
- for (because)
Descendants
- French: car
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cārus.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
car m (feminine singular cara, masculine plural cars, feminine plural caras)
Noun
car oblique singular, m (oblique plural cars, nominative singular cars, nominative plural car)
- Alternative form of char
Pronunciation
Adjective
car
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ). Doublet of cesarz, cezar, and kajzer.
Pronunciation
Noun
car m pers
- (historical) czar, tsar, tzar (title of the former emperors of Russia)
- Synonym: (colloquial) batiuszka
Declension
Declension of car
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
Further reading
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Ville Unite):
Noun
car m (plural chër) (Ville Unite)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros. Sense 3 is influenced by French char and/or Italian carro armato.
Noun
car n (plural care)
Declension
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
car
Etymology 3
From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.
Alternative forms
- cariu (dated)
Noun
car m (plural cari)
Declension
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