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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)
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)
Declension
Declension of cár
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- cáraí m (“grinner, grimacer”)
Etymology 2
Adverb
cár
- 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)
- where is..., what is...
- Cár locht ortsa é? ― What fault is it of yours?
- 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
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
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Compound copular forms
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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
- "cár" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Slovak
Etymology
From Russian царь (carʹ), from Latin Caesar.
Noun
cár m (genitive singular cára, nominative plural cári, declension pattern of chlap)
Declension
Declension of cár
Derived terms
- cárov
- cárovič m
- cárovná f
- cárica f
- cárik m
- cársky
- cárstvo n
See also
- cisár n
References
- cár in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk