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Webster 1913 Edition


Car

Car

,
Noun.
[OF.
car
,
char
, F.
cahr
, fr. L.
carrus
, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W.
car
, Armor.
karr
, Ir. & Gael.
carr
. cf.
Chariot
.]
1.
A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
2.
A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.
[U. S.]
☞ In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See
Train
.
3.
A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.
[Poetic]
.
The gilded
car
of day.
Milton.
The towering
car
, the sable steeds.
Tennyson.
4.
(Astron.)
The stars also called Charles’s Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.
The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern
Car
.
Dryden.
5.
The cage of a lift or elevator.
6.
The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
7.
A floating perforated box for living fish.
[U. S.]
Car coupling
, or
Car coupler
,
a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train.
[U. S.]
Dummy car
(Railroad)
,
a car containing its own steam power or locomotive.
Freight car
(Railrood)
,
a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods.
[U. S.]
Hand car
(Railroad)
,
a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc.
[U. S.]
Horse car
, or
Street car
,
an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets.
[U. S.]
Palace car
,
Drawing-room car
,
Sleeping car
,
Parlor car
, etc.
(Railroad)
,
cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.

Webster 1828 Edition


Car

CAR

, CAER, CHAR, in names of places, is sometimes the Celtic Caer, a town or city, as in Caermarthen.

Definition 2024


cár

cár

See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"

Hungarian

Noun

cár (plural cárok)

  1. czar, tsar, tzar

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative cár cárok
accusative cárt cárokat
dative cárnak cároknak
instrumental cárral cárokkal
causal-final cárért cárokért
translative cárrá cárokká
terminative cárig cárokig
essive-formal cárként cárokként
essive-modal
inessive cárban cárokban
superessive cáron cárokon
adessive cárnál cároknál
illative cárba cárokba
sublative cárra cárokra
allative cárhoz cárokhoz
elative cárból cárokból
delative cárról cárokról
ablative cártól cároktól
Possessive forms of cár
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cárom cárjaim
2nd person sing. cárod cárjaid
3rd person sing. cárja cárjai
1st person plural cárunk cárjaink
2nd person plural cárotok cárjaitok
3rd person plural cárjuk cárjaik

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cárevics
  • cárevna

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːɾˠ/

Etymology 1

Noun

cár m (genitive singular cáir or cárach)

  1. mouth (showing teeth); grin, grimace
  2. (collective) teeth; set of teeth
Declension
Derived terms
  • cáraí m (grinner, grimacer)

Etymology 2

From + -r.

Adverb

cár

  1. where
    Cár chodail tú aréir? ― Where did you sleep last night?
    Cár chuala tú é sin? ― Where did you hear that?
Usage notes

Used only with the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs. Triggers lenition of a following consonant.

Particle

cár (copular form used before a consonant, present/future form used before a vowel cárb, past/conditional form used before a vowel cárbh)

  1. where is..., what is...
    Cár locht ortsa é? ― What fault is it of yours?
  2. where was/would be..., what was/would be
    Cár thairbhe domsa é? ― What would it profit me?
    Cár chás má dúirt sé é? ― What would it matter if he said it?
Related terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cár chár gcár
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Slovak

Etymology

From Russian царь (carʹ), from Latin Caesar.

Noun

cár m (genitive singular cára, nominative plural cári, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. emperor of Russia
  2. emperor of Bulgaria
  3. czar, tsar, tzar

Declension

Derived terms

  • cárov
  • cárovič m
  • cárovná f
  • cárica f
  • cárik m
  • cársky
  • cárstvo n

See also

References

  • cár in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk