Car

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 2 Brithenig 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 Czech 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 French 4.1 Noun 4.2 Conjunction 4.2.1 Synonyms 4.2.2 Translations 5 Interlingua 5.1 Adjective 5.1.1 Translations 6 Slovene 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Latin carrus, ferry, or possibly shortened from Persian carvan.

Pronunciation

• IPA ka

Noun

car, plural cars

1. vehicle that moves independently, steered by a driver mostly for personal transportation. See also automobile.
2. a non-powered unit in a railroad train.
3. a passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
4. the passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

Synonyms

• auto
• automobile (US)
• motorcar

See also

• bus
• railroad car
• truck
• van

Translations

• Arabic: سَيَّارَةٌ (sayyaara/tun)
• Breton: karr-tan m, gwetur f (1), bagon f (2)
• Bulgarian: кола f (1), вагон m (2)
• Catalan: cotxe m (1), automòbil m (1), vagó m (2,3)
• Chinese: 小汽车, 汽车
• Czech: auto m
• Dutch: auto m (1), wagen m (1), automobiel m (1) (deprecated), wagon m (2)
• Esperanto: aŭto, aŭtomobilo, vagono (train car)
• Estonian: auto (1), vagun (2, 3, 4)
• Finnish: auto (1)
• French: auto f, automobile f, voiture f, wagon m (2)
• Galician: automóbil m, coche m
• German: Auto n ^, Automobil n, Karre n, Wagen n
• Greek: autokineto
• Guaraní: kóche, mba'yru
• Hebrew: מכונית he /me'honit/ f
• Irish: carr m (referred to with feminine article), pl carranna; gluaisteán m, genitive sg and nominative pl gluaisteáin
• Indonesian: mobil
• Interlingua: automobile, auto
• Italian: auto, macchina
• Latin: carrus m, automobilis
• Japanese: 自動車 (じどうしゃ, jidōsha), 車 (くるま, kuruma)
• Korean: Hanja: 차 (cha), 자동차 (jadong-cha)
• Norwegian: (bokmål and nynorsk): bil
• Persian: خودرو (khodro)
• Polish: samochód m (1), wagon m (2,3)
• Portuguese: carro m, automóvel m, auto m
• Romanian: maşină, f, automotiv n
• Russian: автомобиль ru (avtomobil') m (1), машина ru (mashina) f (1), вагон ru (vagon) m (2), метровагон m (3), вагон m (3), вагончик m (4),
• Slovak: voz m
• Slovene: avto m (1), avtomobil m (1), vagon m (2, 3)
• Spanish: auto m, automóvil m, coche m (Spain), carro m (Latin America)
• Swedish: bil (1), vagn (2,3)
• Turkish: otomobil, araba
• Ukrainian: авто m

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Brithenig

Adjective

car

1. expensive

Noun

car

1. Car
2. Wagon, cart

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Czech

Etymology

From Latin caesar

Noun

car m

1. czar, tsar, tzar

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French

Noun

car m

1. bus

   Les élèves vont à l'école en car. - The pupils go to school by bus.

Conjunction

car

1. as, since, because

   J'ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. - I opened my umbrella because it was raining.

Synonyms

parce que

Translations

• Dutch: want

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Interlingua

Adjective

car

1. Target of one's fondness
2. Having a high price

Translations

• English: dear (1); expensive (2)

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Slovene

Noun

car m

1. czar, tsar, tzar

Derived terms

• carica

pl:car