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car¹
- /kɑː/ UK
- [kʰɑː] UK
- [kʰäɾ] Scotland
- /kɑɹ/ US
- [kʰɑ̝͗ɹ] US
- [kʰaː] Boston
- /kaː/ Australia, New Zealand
- [kʰäː] Australia, New Zealand
- /kʰɑɹ/ Ireland
- /kʰʲæɹ/
Sounds like carr, Carr, Karr, ka (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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 carrus and horse.
noun cars · carr
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A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
in a car
Similar: auto, motorcar, vehicle, automobile, motor, carriage, cage, cah, car, devil wagon, horseless carriage, motor car
- A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal. 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.
- A cart. So it was agreed that the farmer shud sind his car to take his little bit o' furniture, an' that he shud remove an the following Thursday.
- A chariot.
- A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
- An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo. The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
- A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.
- an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit. The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
- 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.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car. We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
- 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.
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The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
Similar: carriage
- The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus. Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon, […]
- A sliding fitting that runs along a track. 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.
- A floating perforated box for living fish.
- A clique or gang.
- Deliberate misspelling of cat
car²
- /kɑː/ UK
- [kʰɑː] UK
- [kʰäɾ] Scotland
- /kɑɹ/ US
- [kʰɑ̝͗ɹ] US
- [kʰaː] Boston
- /kaː/ Australia, New Zealand
- [kʰäː] Australia, New Zealand
- /kʰɑɹ/ Ireland
- /kʰʲæɹ/
Sounds like carr, Carr, Karr, ka (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Acronym of contents of the address part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.
noun cars
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The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
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.
Opposite: cdr
Car³
proper noun
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The most widespread of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India (ISO 839-3 code "caq").
Similar: Car Nicobarese
Car⁴
proper noun
- A surname.
CAR⁵
proper noun
- Initialism of Central African Republic Decades of conflict in CAR mirror the instability in other fragile African states where reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent, amid an aggressive push by Moscow to lessen Western influence on the continent.
- Abbreviation of Carolina (North Carolina or South Carolina, states in the United States of America)
- Initialism of Cordillera Administrative Region
noun CARs
- Abbreviation of carnitine
- Initialism of chimeric antigen receptor
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: automobile, motorcar, cable car, railroad car, railcar, auto, gondola, machine, elevator car, railway car, taxi, limo, driver, bus, vehicular, passenger
Translations
Every language
noun automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver
| Español | coche, automóvil, auto, carro, máquina, mueble (El Norte) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 차 cha, 자동차 jadongcha |
| 日本語 | 車 kuruma, 自動車 jidōsha |
| 中文 | 汽車 /汽车 qìchē, 車 /车 chē |
| हिन्दी | गाड़ी gāṛī, कार kār |
| Kiswahili | gari, motokaa |
| Português | carro, viatura, automóvel |
| Français | voiture, auto, automobile, char |
| Deutsch | Auto, Automobil, Wagen, PKW, Karre |
| Italiano | macchina, auto, automobile, autovettura |
| Ελληνικά | αυτοκίνητο aftokínito, αμάξι amáxi |
| Română | mașină, automobil |
| Русский | маши́на mašína, автомоби́ль avtomobílʹ, автомаши́на avtomašína, авто́ avtó, та́чка táčka |
| Tiếng Việt | xe hơi, ô tô, xe ô tô, xe |
| العربية | سَيَّارَة sayyāra |
| עברית | מְכוֹנִית m'khonít, אוֹטוֹ óto |
noun moving, load-carrying component of an elevator
| 中文 | 吊艙 /吊舱 diàocāng |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | gari |
| Português | elevador, monta-cargas |
| Deutsch | Kabine |
| Italiano | cabina |
| Ελληνικά | θαλαμίσκος thalamískos |
| Română | cabină |
| Русский | каби́на kabína |
| עברית | תָּא ta |
Talk about this word "car." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/car. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. car. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/car "car." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/car.Cite this
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