car

See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"

Translingual

Symbol

car

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

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Kari'na terms

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑː/

• Audio (Received Pronunciation); “a car”:

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑɹ/

• Audio (General American):

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• (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

• carr (archaic)

Noun

car (plural cars)

2. 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.

   • 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: […] .

3. (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.

   1. (dated) A cart.
   2. (dated) A chariot.
   3. (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
4. 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.

   5. (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.

   6. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

   Synonyms: gondola, (balloons only) basket

   • 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."

8. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
   • 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim‎^[3], →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

9. (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

   Buy now! You can get more car for your money.

10. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
11. (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
12. (Internet) Deliberate misspelling of cat.(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

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
• 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
• carlot
• car lot
• 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
• stop the car
• supercar
• the proverbial dog that caught the car
• tramcar
• tricar
• turbocar
• undercar
• undercover car
• zombie car

 

Related terms

• carriage
• chariot

Descendants

• → French: car
• → Russian: кар (kar)
• ⇒ Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)
• → Japanese: カー

Translations

automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver

• Afrikaans: kar (af), motorkar
• Ahom: please add this translation if you can
• Alabama: mobìlka
• Albanian: makinë (sq), automobil (sq) m, kerr m (Kosovo), rrabë (Macedonia)
• Ambonese Malay: oto
• Amharic: መኪና (mäkina)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: náłbill

• Arabic: سَيَّارَة (ar) f (sayyāra)

  Chadian Arabic: وتير (watīr)

  Egyptian Arabic: عَرَبِيَّة f (ʕarabiyya), سَيَّارَة f

  Gulf Arabic: سيارة f (sayyāra)

  Hijazi Arabic: سَيَّارَة f (sayyāra)

  Juba Arabic: arabiiya

  Moroccan Arabic: طوموبيل f (ṭumubīl)

• Armenian: մեքենա (hy) (mekʻena), ավտոմեքենա (hy) (avtomekʻena), ավտո (hy) (avto), (colloquial)
• Assamese: গাড়ী (gari)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ f (radāytā), ܐܵܛܢܵܒܹܠ f (āṭnābēl) (colloquial), ܣܲܝܵܪܵܐ f (sayyārā) (colloquial)
• Asturian: coche m
• Azerbaijani: maşın, avtomobil (az)
• Bashkir: автомобиль (avtomobilʹ)
• Basque: autoa
• Belarusian: машы́на f (mašýna), аўтамабі́ль (be) m (aŭtamabílʹ), аўтамашы́на f (aŭtamašýna), самахо́д m (samaxód), а́ўта n (áŭta), аўто́ n (aŭtó)
• Bengali: গাড়ি (bn) (gaṛi), রথ (bn) (roth)
• Breton: karr (br) m, gwetur (br) f
• Bulgarian: кола́ (bg) f (kolá), автомоби́л (bg) m (avtomobíl)
• Burmese: ကား (my) (ka:) (informal), ယဉ် (my) (yany) (formal)
• Buryat: автомашина (avtomašina)
• Carpathian Rusyn: автомобі́л m (avtomobíl)
• Catalan: cotxe (ca) m, automòbil (ca) m
• Cebuano: kotse
• Central Dusun: korita
• Chechen: машен (mašen), автомобиль (avtomobilʲ)
• Cherokee: ᏗᎦᏚᎴᏂ (digaduleni)
• Chichewa: galimoto
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 車／车 (ce¹), 汽車／汽车 (yue) (hei³ ce¹), 自動車／自动车 (zi⁶ dung⁶ ce¹)

  Dungan: машинэ (mašine), чичә (čičə), машынэ (mašɨne), машнэ (mašne)

  Eastern Min: 汽車／汽车 (ké-chiă)

  Gan: 汽車／汽车 (qi³ 'ca¹)

  Hakka: 汽車／汽车 (hi-chhâ)

  Hokkien: 自動車／自动车 (zh-min-nan) (chū-tōng-chhia), 風車／风车 (zh-min-nan) (hong-chhia), 汽車／汽车 (zh-min-nan) (khì-chhia)

  Jin: 汽車／汽车 (qi³ ce¹)

  Mandarin: 汽車／汽车 (zh) (qìchē), 車／车 (zh) (chē)

  Northern Min: 汽車／汽车 (ki̿-chiá)

  Wu: 汽車／汽车

  Xiang: 汽車／汽车 (qi⁴ che¹)

• Coptic: ⲃⲉⲣⲉϭⲱⲟⲩⲧⲥ f (berecōouts)
• Cornish: karr m
• Corsican: vittura
• Cowlitz: məšín
• Cree: ᒧᐢᑕᑯᒌᐢ (mostakociis)
• Czech: auto (cs) n, automobil (cs) m
• Danish: bil (da) c, automobil (da) n or c
• Dhivehi: ކާރު sg (kāru), ކާރުތައް pl (kārutak̊)
• Dutch: auto (nl) m, wagen (nl) m, automobiel (nl) m (dated)
• Elfdalian: bil m
• Erzya: ардомапель (ardomapeľ)
• Esperanto: aŭtomobilo (eo), aŭto (eo)
• Estonian: auto (et), masin (slang)
• Farefare: loore class 7/8, lokua class 3/4 (car, not truck or bus)
• Faroese: bilur (fo) m
• Finnish: auto (fi)
• French: voiture (fr) f, auto (fr) f, automobile (fr) f, char (fr) m (Canada, Louisiana, Missouri, New England)
• Galician: coche (gl) m
• Georgian: მანქანა (mankana) (colloquial), ავტო (avṭo) (colloquial), ავტომობილი (ka) (avṭomobili) (formal), ავტომანქანა (ka) (avṭomankana) (formal)
• German: Auto (de) n, Automobil (de) n, Wagen (de) m, PKW (de) m, Karre (de) f
• Greek: αυτοκίνητο (el) n (aftokínito), αμάξι (el) n (amáxi)
• Greenlandic: biili
• Gujarati: કાર (kār)
• Hausa: mota (ha)
• Hawaiian: kaʻa
• Hebrew: מְכוֹנִית (he) f (m'khonít), אוֹטוֹ (he) m (óto) (colloquial)
• Hindi: गाड़ी (hi) f (gāṛī), कार (hi) f (kār)
• Hungarian: autó (hu), automobil (hu), kocsi (hu) (informal)
• Hunsrik: Auto n, Karre m
• Icelandic: bíll (is) m
• Ido: automobilo (io)
• Igbo: ụgbọ ala (ig)
• Indonesian: mobil (id), otomobil (id), oto (id)
• Ingrian: mašina
• Interlingua: auto
• Inupiaq: qamun, aksraktuaq
• Irish: carr m, gluaisteán (ga) m
• Isan: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: macchina (it) f, auto (it) f, automobile (it) f, autovettura (it) f
• Japanese: 車 (ja) (くるま, kuruma), 自動車 (ja) (じどうしゃ, jidōsha)
• Kamba: ngale
• Kannada: ಕಾರು (kn) (kāru)
• Kashubian: aùto n
• Kazakh: машина (kk) (maşina), автомобиль (kk) (avtomobil), автомашина (avtomaşina)
• Khmer: ឡាន (km) (laan), រថ (km) (rŭət)
• Khoekhoe: audos
• Kikuyu: ngari
• Kis: egari
• Korean: 자동차(自動車) (ko) (jadongcha), 차(車) (ko) (cha)
• Krio: motocar
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئۆتۆمۆبیل (ckb) (otomobîl), سەیارە (ckb) (seyare), ماشێن (maşên), ترومبیل (trumbîl)

  Northern Kurdish: tirimpêl (ku) f, otomobîl (ku) f, erebe (ku) f, seyare (ku) f, maşîn (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: автомобиль (ky) (avtomobil), машина (ky) (maşina), автомашина (ky) (avtomaşina), унаа (ky) (unaa)
• Ladino: oto, otomobil
• Lao: ລົດ (lo) (lot), ລົດຍົນ (lot nyon), ລົດໃຫຍ່ (lot nyai), ລົດໂອໂຕ (lot ʼō tō), ໂອໂຕ (ʼō tō), ຣົຖ (rot)
• Latin: autocīnētum n, autocurrus m, autovehiculum n, autoraeda f
• Latvian: automašīna f, spēkrats m (informally), mašīna f
• Lithuanian: automobilis (lt) m, mašina (lt) f
• Louisiana Creole French: shar, oto, òdomobìl
• Lü: ᦷᦟᧆ (lod), ᦷᦟᧆᦓᦾᧉ (lodnoay²)
• Luganda: emmotoka
• Luhya: litoka
• Lule Sami: bijlla
• Luo: mtokaa
• Luxembourgish: Auto (lb) n
• Macedonian: кола (mk) f (kola), автомоби́л (mk) m (avtomobíl)
• Malagasy: fiara (mg)
• Malay: kereta (ms)
• Malayalam: കാര് (kārŭ)
• Maltese: karozza (mt) f
• Maori: motokā (mi), motukā
• Marathi: कार (kār), गाडी f (gāḍī)
• Maricopa: tiiwamtor
• Meru: ngari
• Mirandese: altemoble m, carro m
• Miriwung: goorroorij
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: автомашин (mn) (avtomašin), машин (mn) (mašin), машин тэрэг (mašin tereg)

  Mongolian: ᠠᠦ᠋ᠲ᠋ᠣᠮᠠᠰᠢᠨ (aütomasin), ᠮᠠᠱᠢᠨ (mašin), ᠮᠠᠱᠢᠨ
  ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ (mašin terge)

• Moore: lore, zirga, mobili
• Mudburra: murdika
• Nepali: कार (ne) (kār)
• Norman: vaituthe f (Jersey), moto m (Jersey)
• Northern Sami: biila
• Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bil (no) m

  Nynorsk: bil (no) m

• Occitan: veitura (oc), autò f
• Odia: କାର୍ (or) (kār)
• Ojibwe: odaabaan, waasamoowidaabaan
• Okinawan: 車 (くるま, kuruma)
• Oromo: makiinaa, koonkoolata
• Osage: oðíhtą
• Ossetian: хӕдтулгӕ (xædtulgæ)
• Pannonian Rusyn: авто n (avto), автомобил m (avtomobil)
• Pashto: موټر (ps) m (moṭar), تېزرفتار m (tezraftār)
• Pennsylvania German: Kaer f, Kar f
• Persian:

  Dari: موتَر (mōtar), خُودْرَو (fa) (xūdraw), خُودْرو (fa) (xūdrō)

  Iranian Persian: خودْرُو (fa) (xodrow), ماشین (fa) (mâšin), اُتومُبیل (fa) (otomobil)

• Pitjantjatjara: mutuka
• Plautdietsch: Koa f, Auto (nds) n
• Polish: samochód (pl) m inan, auto (pl) n, wóz (pl) (slang), bryka (pl) (slang), gablota (pl) (slang), fura (pl) f
• Portuguese: carro (pt) m, viatura (pt) f, automóvel (pt) m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਗੱਡੀ (pa) (gaḍḍī)

  Shahmukhi: گَڈّی (gaḍḍī)

• Quechua: awtu
• Romani: vurdon m
• Romanian: mașină (ro) f, automobil (ro) n
• Russian: маши́на (ru) f (mašína), автомоби́ль (ru) m (avtomobílʹ), автомаши́на (ru) f (avtomašína), авто́ (ru) n (avtó) (colloquial), та́чка (ru) f (táčka) (slang)
• Samoan: taʻavale
• Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)
• Scots: caur, machine
• Scottish Gaelic: càr m, carbad m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̏ла n pl, а̀уто n, аутомо̀бӣл m

  Roman: kȍla (sh) n pl, àuto (sh) n, automòbīl (sh) m

• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Shona: motokari
• Silesian: auto n
• Sinhalese: මෝටර රිය (mōṭara riya)
• Skolt Sami: autt
• Slovak: auto (sk) n, automobil m
• Slovene: avto (sl) m, avtomobil m
• Somali: babuur (so) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: awto n

  Upper Sorbian: awto (hsb) n

• Sotho: koloi (st), motokara
• Southern Sami: bïjle
• Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: coche (es) m (especially Equatorial Guinea, Philippines, Spain), automóvil (es) m (formal usage), auto (es) m (especially Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay), carro (es) m (El Norte, Southwestern U.S., Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela), máquina (es) m (Cuba, colloquial), mueble (es) m (El Norte, Southwestern U.S., Mexico)
• Sranan Tongo: wagi, oto
• Sumerian: 𒄑𒇀 (^gišgigir /⁠gigir⁠/)
• Sundanese: wahon
• Swahili: gari (sw) class 5/6, motokaa (sw) class 9/10
• Swedish: bil (sv) c, automobil (sv) c
• Tagalog: kotse (tl), batlag
• Tajik: автомобил (avtomobil), мошин (tg) (mošin), автомошин (avtomošin), худрав (xudrav)
• Tamil: வண்டி (ta) (vaṇṭi), வாகணம் (vākaṇam)
• Tatar: арба (tt) (arba), автомобиль (awtomobil’)
• Telugu: కారు (te) (kāru), బండి (te) (baṇḍi), గాడి (te) (gāḍi)
• Thai: รถยนต์ (th) (rót-yon), รถ (th) (rót)
• Tibetan: མོ་ཊ (mo ṭa)
• Tigrinya: መኪና (mäkina)
• Tongan: kā
• Tumbuka: galimoto
• Turkish: araba (tr), otomobil (tr)
• Turkmen: maşyyn, awtomaşyn (tk), awtomobil (tk)
• Ukrainian: авті́вка (uk) f (avtívka), маши́на f (mašýna), авто́ (uk) n (avtó), автомобі́ль (uk) m (avtomobílʹ)
• Urdu: گاڑی f (gāṛī), کار f (kār)
• Uyghur: ئاپتوموبىل (aptomobil), ماشىنا (mashina)
• Uzbek: avtomobil (uz), avtomashina (uz), mashina (uz)
• Vietnamese: xe hơi (vi), ô tô (vi), xe ô tô (vi), xe (vi) (車)
• Vilamovian: wiöen
• Walloon: oto (wa), vweteure (wa)
• Welsh: car (cy) f
• West Frisian: wein
• White Hmong: lub fai
• Xhosa: imoto
• Yakut: массыына (massıına)
• Yiddish: אויטאָמאָביל m (oytomobil), אויטאָ m (oyto), מאַשין f (mashin)
• Yoruba: ọkọ̀ ayọ́kẹ́lẹ́, mọ́tò, ọkọ̀
• Zazaki: erewa
• Zhuang: giceh, heiqci, cihung (dialectal)
• Zulu: imoto (zu)

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

• Armenian: վագոն (hy) (vagon)
• Catalan: cabina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吊艙／吊舱 (zh) (diàocāng)

• Czech: kabina (cs) f
• Danish: elevatorstol c
• Estonian: vagun (et)
• Finnish: hissikori (fi)
• German: Kabine (de) f
• Greek: θαλαμίσκος (el) m (thalamískos)
• Hebrew: תָּא (he) m (ta)
• Italian: cabina (it) f
• Ojibwe: akwaandawebizon, akwaandawaagan
• Polish: kabina (pl) f
• Portuguese: elevador (pt) m (passenger), monta-cargas m (cargo)
• Romanian: cabină (ro) f
• Russian: каби́на (ru) f (kabína)
• Slovak: kabína f
• Swahili: gari (sw)
• Swedish: hisskorg c
• Turkish: kabin (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} karr-tan (br) m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} aŭto (eo)
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} automóbil (gl) m
• Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} kóche, ^{(please verify)} mba'yru
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} mobil (id)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} automobile
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} tirimpêl (ku), ^{(please verify)} erebe (ku), ^{(please verify)} seyare (ku)

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} carrus m
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} karozza (mt) f
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} waka (mi), ^{(please verify)} kā, ^{(please verify)} motokā (mi)
• Swahili: (nc 5/6) ^{(please verify)} gari (sw)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} வண்டி (ta) (vaṇṭi), ^{(please verify)} வாகணம் (vākaṇam)
• Tetum: ^{(please verify)} karreta
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} รถ (th) (rōht)

See also

• bus
• truck
• van

Etymology 2

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

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.

Derived terms

• cadr
• caddr

Gallery

• 
  A hydrogen-powered car
• 
  Freight cars
• 
  A self-propelled passenger car
• 
  Ferris wheel cars
• 
  Car on a sailboat
• 
  Car of a Zeppelin

References

• “car”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “car”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• ARC, CRA, RAC, RCA, acr-, arc, arc-, rac-

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• caru

Etymology

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

Noun

car n (plural cari)

1. chariot
2. ox-cart

Related terms

• cãrutsã/carotsã
• cãrutsar
• caretã
• cherã

Äynu

Noun

car

1. mouth

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia) [ˈkar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Mallorca, Menorca) [ˈka], (Ibiza) [ˈkar]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Adjective

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkar]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Conjunction

car

1. (archaic) as, since, because, for

   Synonym: perquè

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkar]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

car m (plural cars)

1. (nautical) foreyard

Further reading

• “car” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

car m anim

1. tsar

Declension

Declension of car (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	car	carové
genitive	cara	carů
dative	carovi, caru	carům
accusative	cara	cary
vocative	care	carové
locative	carovi, caru	carech
instrumental	carem	cary

Derived terms

• carevič
• carevna
• carismus
• carský
• carství
• Cařihrad

 

Further reading

• “car”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “car”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʁ

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

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^[4]:

     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)

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.

Derived terms

• aéro-car

 

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.

Anagrams

• arc

Interlingua

Adjective

car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

1. dear; beloved; cherished
2. expensive

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˠ/

Verb

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

1. to love
2. be devoted to

Conjugation

conjugation of car (first conjugation – A)

		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

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

• gráigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
car	char	gcar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian caro, from Latin carus.

Adjective

car

1. dear

Middle French

Conjunction

car

1. for (because)

Descendants

• French: car

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. dear
2. expensive

Old French

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of char

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Adjective

car

1. dear

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: car

Noun

car m pers

1. (historical) czar, tsar, tzar (title of the former emperors of Russia)

   Synonym: (colloquial) batiuszka

Declension

Declension of car

	singular	plural
nominative	car	carowie/cary (deprecative)
genitive	cara	carów
dative	carowi	carom
accusative	cara	carów
instrumental	carem	carami
locative	carze	carach
vocative	carze	carowie

Derived terms

adjectives

• antycarski
• carski

 

nouns

• carat
• carewicz
• carówna
• caryca

 

Further reading

• car in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• car in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin carrus (“wagon; cart”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈkaɐ̯ɾ]

• (Ville Unite):

Noun

car m (plural chër) (Ville Unite)

1. wagon, cart

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kar]

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)

1. cart
2. chariot
3. (outdated) tank (military vehicle)

Declension

Declension of car

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) car	carul	(niște) care	carele
genitive/dative	(unui) car	carului	(unor) care	carelor
vocative	carule		carelor

Related terms

• căruță
• cărare
• căra
• caretă
• încărca

Etymology 2

Verb

car

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

Etymology 3

From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.

Alternative forms

• cariu (dated)

Noun

car m (plural cari)

2. death-watch beetle

Declension

Declension of car

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) car	carul	(niște) cari	carii
genitive/dative	(unui) car	carului	(unor) cari	carilor
vocative	carule		carilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰaɾ/

Noun

car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

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

Derived terms

• aig a' char as lugha
• aig a' char as miosa
• cuir car de

Adverb

car

1. somewhat, quite, rather

   Tha thu car fadalach. ― You're somewhat late.

   Thig an stòiridh gu ceann car obann. ― The story came to an end somewhat abruptly.

Related terms

• caran

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sâr/

Noun

cȁr m (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.

Declension

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

Derived terms

• cȁrevina
• cȁrica
• cȁrina
• cȃrstvo

References

• “car”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sàːr/, /t͡sáːr/

Noun

cār m anim (female equivalent caríca or cārinja)

1. tsar

Inflection

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

See also

• césar

Further reading

• “car”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin quārē (“why”).

Adverb

car

1. (archaic) because

   Synonym: porque

Further reading

• “car”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃar]

Noun

car (nominative plural cars)

1. (weaponry) bow

Declension

declension of car

	singular	plural
nominative	car	cars
genitive	cara	caras
dative	care	cares
accusative	cari	caris
vocative 1	o car!	o cars!
predicative 2	caru	carus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

car m (plural ceir)

1. car
2. (obsolete) cart, wagon

   Synonyms: cart, cert, trol, men

Derived terms

• carwden (“backband”)
• rhif car (“registration number”)
• sêl cist car (“car boot sale”)

Mutation

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.

Yola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔː/
• Homophones: caure, core

Noun

car

1. car

   Synonyms: thraame, 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

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129

Zazaki

Proper noun

car

1. god