Translingual

Proper noun

Carr

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Cedric Errol Carr (1892-1936).

English

Noun

carr ‎(plural carrs)

1. A bog or marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
   • 2007, Kevin Leahy, The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey, Tempus 2008, p. 16:

     The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture.

2. A marsh or fen on which low trees or bushes grow; a marshy woodland.

Irish

Alternative forms

• cárr (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish carr ‎(“cart, waggon”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [kɑːɾˠ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [kæːɾˠ]

Noun

carr m ‎(genitive singular cairr, nominative plural carranna)

1. car (automobile)
2. cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle)

Declension

Synonyms

• (car, automobile): gluaisteán
• (cart): féan

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "carr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 carr” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old English

Etymology

From Celtic.

Pronunciation

Noun

carr m

1. (Northumbria) stone, rock