tsar
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tsar
- /(t)sɑː/ UK
- /zɑː/ UK
- /(t)sɑɹ/ US
- /zɑɹ/ US
- /zɐː/ Australia
- /tsɐː/ Australia
- /(t)saɾ/ Scotland
- /zaɾ/ Scotland
Sounds like Saar (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Caesar and Kaiser. The spelling tsar began to replace the older czar in the nineteenth century. Compare Medieval Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar).
noun tsars · tsari · czar · tzar · csar
- An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states. [W]hy, in the name of common sense, should the English call the Czar (tsar) of Russia razc?
- A person with great power; an autocrat. Chin Chien-shih, an old poor peasant of Korean nationality, said: "The wolfish ambition of the new tsars is exactly the same as that of the old tsars. The Soviet revisionist renegade clique is struggling desperately in the hope of saving itself from doom, but this will only bring on its destruction
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: czar, tzar, emperor, king, zar, tyrant, autocrat, despot, authoritarian, liberator, kingpin, cara, raz, sovereign, monarch, dictator
Translations
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noun an emperor
| Español | zar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 차르 chareu |
| 日本語 | ツァーリ tsāri, ツァー tsā, ツァール tsāru |
| 中文 | 沙皇 shāhuáng, 察罕汗 cháhǎnhán |
| हिन्दी | ज़ार zār, त्सार tsār, जार jār |
| Kiswahili | czar |
| Português | tsar, czar, tzar |
| Français | tsar, tzar |
| Deutsch | Zar |
| Italiano | zar |
| Ελληνικά | τσάρος tsáros |
| Română | țar |
| Русский | царь carʹ, импера́тор imperátor |
| Tiếng Việt | sa hoàng, Nga hoàng |
| العربية | تْسَار tsār, قَيْصَر qayṣar |
| עברית | צָאר tsar |
Talk about this word "tsar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tsar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tsar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tsar "tsar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tsar.Cite this
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title = {tsar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tsar},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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