different between car vs carn

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: carr, Carr, Karr

Etymology 1

Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”).

Alternative forms

• carr (archaic)

Noun

car (plural cars)

1. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.

   Synonyms: auto, motorcar, vehicle, (US) automobile, (Britain, colloquial) motor, (obsolete) carriage; see also Thesaurus:automobile
2. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
   • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,^[3]

     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.

   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene 8,^[4]

     He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled

     Like holy Phoebus’ car.

   1. (Britain, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
3. (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.

   Synonyms: railcar, wagon

4. (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

6. (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

7. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.

   Synonyms: carload, wagonload

8. The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

9. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

   Synonym: carriage

10. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

    Synonyms: gondola, (balloons only) basket
11. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
12. (uncountable, US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

13. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.

Derived terms

Related terms

• carriage
• chariot

Translations

See also

• bus
• truck
• van

Etymology 2

Etymology unclear, but probably from Proto-Germanic *karzijan? (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Compare cair (“to turn, go”), char (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”), German Kehre (“turn, bend”).

Shakespeare had something of a fondness for verbalizing nouns, and sometimes even substantivizing verbs. However, anything other than a "turn" does not seem to make any sense within the broader context of the cited Sonnet.

Noun

car (plural cars)

1. (obsolete) A turn.
   • 1609 William Shakespeare, Sonnet 7,^[7]

     But when from highmost pitch, with weary car,

     Like feeble age, he reeleth from the day, (after the sun reaches the zenith it, with a weary turn, begins to reel (“to roll”) (downwards))

Etymology 3

Acronym of contents of the address part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.

Noun

car (plural cars)

1. (programming) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list.

   Antonym: cdr

   Holonym: cons

Derived terms

• cadr
• caddr

Gallery

Anagrams

• ARC, CRA, RAC, RCA, acr-, arc, arc-, rac-

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• caru

Etymology

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros. Compare Romanian car.

Noun

car n (plural cari)

1. chariot
2. ox-cart

Related terms

• cãrutsã/carotsã
• cãrutsar
• caretã
• cherã

Aynu

Noun

car

1. mouth

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?kar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ka?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Etymology 1

From Latin c?rus.

Adjective

car (feminine cara, masculine plural cars, feminine plural cares)

1. expensive

   Synonyms: alt, costós

   Antonym: barat

2. (poetic) dear

   Synonyms: estimat, amat, apreciat

Etymology 2

From Latin qu?r? (“how; why”). Compare French car.

Conjunction

car

1. as, since, because, for

   Synonym: perquè

Further reading

• “car” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ?????? (c?sar?), from Proto-Slavic *c?sa??, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsar/
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

car m

1. tsar

Derived terms

• carský
• carevna
• carevi?
• Ca?ihrad
• carismus
• carství

Further reading

• car in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• car in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Etymology 1

From Old French quer (“as, since, because, for”), from Latin qu?r? (“how; why”). Compare Catalan car.

Conjunction

car

1. as, since, because, for

Synonyms

• parce que (in some contexts)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English car, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman and the Old Northern French car, variant of Old French char. Doublet of char.

Noun

car m (plural cars)

1. a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach

Synonyms

• autocar

Anagrams

• arc

Further reading

• “car” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Adjective

car (comparative plus car, superlative le plus car)

1. dear; beloved; cherished
2. expensive

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish caraid, from Proto-Celtic *kareti (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh?- (“to desire, wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar?/

Verb

car (present analytic carann, future analytic carfaidh, verbal noun carthain, past participle cartha)

1. to love
2. be devoted to

Conjugation

Mutation

Synonyms

• gráigh

Middle French

Conjunction

car

1. for (because)

Descendants

• French: car

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin c?rus.

Adjective

car m (feminine singular cara, masculine plural cars, feminine plural caras)

1. dear
2. expensive

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Adjective

car

1. dear

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ???? (car?), from Proto-Slavic *c?sa??, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of cesarz (“emperor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?sar/

Noun

car m pers

1. czar, tsar, tzar (title of the former emperors of Russia)

Declension

Derived terms

• caryca
• carewicz
• carówna
• carski
• carat

Further reading

• car in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kar]

Etymology 1

From Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros.

Noun

car n (plural care)

1. cart
2. chariot

Declension

Related terms

• c?ru??
• c?rare
• c?ra
• caret?
• înc?rca

Verb

car

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of c?ra

Etymology 2

From Latin caries or carius. Doublet of carie.

Alternative forms

• cariu (dated)

Noun

car m (plural cari)

2. death-watch beetle

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cor (“act of putting”), verbal noun of fo·ceird (“to put”).

Noun

car m (genitive singular cuir, plural caran)

1. job
2. twist, turn
3. trick
4. bit

Derived terms

• aig a' char as lugha
• aig a' char as miosa

Adverb

car

1. somewhat, quite, rather

Related terms

• caran

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *c?sa??, *c?sar?, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?sâr/

Noun

c?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. czar, emperor, monarch

Declension

Derived terms

• c?revina
• c?rina
• c?rstvo

Slovene

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian c?r, from Proto-Slavic *c?sa??, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?sà?r/, /t?sá?r/

Noun

c?r m anim (female equivalent caríca or c?rinja)

1. tsar

Inflection

See also

• césar

Further reading

• “car”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin qu?r? (“why”).

Adverb

car

1. (archaic) because

   Synonym: porque

Further reading

• “car” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?ar]

Noun

car (nominative plural cars)

1. (weapon) bow

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh carr, from Proto-Brythonic *karr, from Proto-Celtic *karros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

car m (plural ceir)

1. car

Derived terms

• sêl cist car

Mutation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??n/

Etymology 1

Noun

carn (plural carns)

1. Archaic form of cairn.

See also

• Carn Brea

Etymology 2

Adapted from the vernacular pronunciation of c'mon, itself an informal variant of come on. The first uses of the term in its extended sense appear to have been amongst Australian rules football fans in Victoria, with the use later spreading to other states and sports.

Interjection

carn

1. (Australia, informal) Come on.
   • 2008, Tim Winton, Breath, Picador UK Paperback edition 2008, Ch.3, p.52:

     Slipper hooted. But in a moment another wedging peak was upon us.
     "Carn, kid. No guts, no glory."
     "I don't think so," I said.
     "It's the only way home now."

2. (Australia, informal) An exclamation of support or approval, usually for a sporting (football) team.
   • 1956 September 10, "Carn the Magpies!", The Argus
   • 2001 March 26, "Rabbitohs win hearts and minds of the disaffected", The Sydney Morning Herald

     Cries of "Carn the Bunnies" rang out, and the talk was of past glories, present disappointments and future hopes.

   • 2004 February 12, "Keeping sport local on our ABC", The Age

     Surely there is someone in ABC Television management who has read Bruce Dawe's evocative poem Life Cycle: "When children are born in Victoria/they are wrapped in the club-colours, laid in beribboned cots/having already begun a lifetime's barracking/Carn, they cry, carn … feebly at first."

   • 2011 October 11, "Carn the Four'n Twenty, says Preston", Herald Sun

Anagrams

• Cran, NRCA, cRNA, cran, cran-, crna, narc

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan carn, from Latin car?, carnem, from Proto-Italic *kar?, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *(s)ker-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ka?n/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?karn/

Noun

carn f (uncountable)

1. meat
2. flesh

Derived terms

• cansalada
• carnisser
• carnós
• carnut

Related terms

• carnal
• carnaval
• carnestoltes
• carnívor

Further reading

• “carn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “carn” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “carn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “carn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /k????n??/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ka???n??/

Noun

carn m (genitive singular cairn, nominative plural cairn)

1. heap, pile
2. cairn

Declension

Derived terms

• carn consan

Mutation

Further reading

• “carn” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “carn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “carn” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 119.
• "carn" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• charn (Limousin)

Etymology

From Old Occitan carn, from Latin car?, carnem.

Noun

carn f (plural carns)

1. flesh
2. meat

Old French

Noun

carn f (oblique plural carns, nominative singular carn, nominative plural carns)

1. (early Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of char (flesh)

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• charn

Etymology

From Latin car?, carnem.

Noun

carn f

1. flesh

Descendants

• Catalan: carn
• Occitan: carn

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar?/

Noun

carn m

1. flesh
2. meat

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) charn
• (Sutsilvan) tgarn
• (Surmiran) tgern

Etymology

From Latin car?, carnem.

Noun

carn f (plural carns)

1. (Sursilvan) meat

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“horn”).

Noun

carn f (plural carnau)

1. cairn, barrow

Derived terms

• carnedd (“cairn”)

Noun

carn m (plural carnau)

1. hoof
2. handle, haft

Derived terms

• carnol (“hoofed”)

Mutation