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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

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?d?æm/
• (Southern England, Australia) IPA^(key): /?d?æ?m/
• - fruit spread
• - verb
• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: jamb

Etymology 1

First attested in the early 18th c. as a verb meaning “to press, be pressed, be wedged in”. Eventually onomatopoeic, perhaps identical with Middle English cham (“to bite, to gnash one's teeth”), whence modern champ.

Noun

jam (countable and uncountable, plural jams)

1. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.

   Synonyms: (US) conserve, jelly, preserve

2. (countable) A difficult situation.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation
3. (countable) Blockage, congestion.

4. (countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.
5. (countable, by extension, informal) A song; a track.
   • 2001, Jet (volume 100, number 22, page 25)

     The result is an outstanding assortment of sophisticated, sexy and hip-hop-tinged R&B grooves, ballads and party jams.

6. (countable, by extension) An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.

7. (uncountable, slang) That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.

8. (countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.

9. (countable, basketball) A forceful dunk.
10. (countable, roller derby) A play during which points can be scored.

11. (climbing, countable) Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.

12. (Britain, slang) luck.

13. (slang) sexual relations or the contemplation of them.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Czech: džem
• ? Japanese: ??? (jamu)
• ? Korean: ? (jaem)
• ? Russian: ???? (džem)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: dž?m, ????
• ? Slovak: džem

Translations

See also

• jelly
• marmalade

Verb

jam (third-person singular simple present jams, present participle jamming, simple past and past participle jammed)

1. To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, London: W. Taylor, 3rd edition, 1719, p. 226,^[1]

     The Ship, which by its Building was Spanish, stuck fast, jaum’d in between two Rocks; all the Stern and Quarter of her was beaten to Pieces with the Sea […]

2. To brusquely force something into a space; cram, squeeze.
   • 1779, George Colman, Farewell Epilogue, spoken at Wynnstay after the representation of Cymbeline and The Spanish Barber, 22 January, 1779, in Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, London: T. Cadel, 1787, Volume 3, p. 283,^[2]

     Since the new post-horse tax, I dare engage

     That some folks here have travell’d in the Stage:

     Jamm’d in at midnight, in cold winter weather,

     The crouded passengers are glew’d together.

3. To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up"

4. To block or confuse a broadcast signal.
5. (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.

6. (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
7. To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.

8. (roller derby) To attempt to score points.

9. (nautical, transitive) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
   • 1887, William Clark Russell, The Golden Hope

     It won't do to jam her,” answered Stone ;" but it might be worth findin' out if th' Hope won't lie closer than t' other can." Half a point ----"

10. (Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some joint endeavour; stand up, chicken out, jam out.

Synonyms

• ram

Derived terms

• (to squeeze into a small space): jam-pack
• jammer
• jam band
• jam session

Translations

Etymology 2

Persian or Hindi, meaning "garment, robe;" see ????? (“garment”). Related to pajamas.

Noun

jam (plural jams)

1. (dated) A kind of frock for children.

Etymology 3

Noun

jam (plural jams)

1. (mining) Alternative form of jamb

References

• jam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• jam at OneLook Dictionary Search
• jam in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• JMA, Maj, Maj., maj.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *esmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ésmi (“I am, I exist”), identical with Ancient Greek ???? (eimí), Sanskrit ????? (ásmi), English am. Aorist qeshë from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to turn, revolve”), with a semantic development similar to Germanic *werdan (“to become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jam/

Verb

jam (first-person singular past tense qeshë, participle qenë)

1. to be

Conjugation

References

Czech

Etymology

From Portuguese inhame or Spanish iñame, both likely of West African origin.

Noun

jam m

1. yam (any Dioscorea vine)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English jam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m/
• Hyphenation: jam
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

jam m (plural jams, diminutive jammetje n)

1. (chiefly Netherlands) jam (congealed sweet mixture of conserved fruits)

Synonyms

• confituur
• marmelade

Derived terms

• aardbeienjam
• jampot
• kersenjam

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jam/
• Hyphenation: jam
• Audio:

Adverb

jam

1. already

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jam

1. granary, storehouse

Highland Popoluca

Noun

jam

1. lime

References

• Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)?^[3] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., ?ISBN, page 74

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay jam, from Sanskrit ??? (y?ma, “time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d??am]
• Hyphenation: jam

Noun

jam (first-person possessive jamku, second-person possessive jammu, third-person possessive jamnya)

1. hour (Time period of sixty minutes)
2. clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
3. (colloquial) time, particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something

   Synonyms: pukul, saat, waktu

Further reading

• “jam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Adverb

jam (not comparable)

1. already

Javanese

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit ??? (y?ma)

Noun

jam

1. clock

Latgalian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jam/
• Hyphenation: jam

Pronoun

jam

1. dative singular of jis

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN, page 37

Latin

Adverb

jam (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of iam

References

• jam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Lindu

Noun

jam

1. time
2. hour
3. clock

Lithuanian

Pronoun

jam m

1. (third-person singular) dative form of jis.
   • 2007, Jurga (Jurga Šeduikyt?), Angelai

     Jo balti sparnai man tinka

     Jam savo šarvus dovanoju

     His white wings suit me

     I present to him my armor

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (y?ma, “time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d??am]
• Rhymes: -d??am, -am

Noun

jam (Jawi spelling ???, plural jam-jam, informal 1st possessive jamku, impolite 2nd possessive jammu, 3rd possessive jamnya)

1. hour (Time period of sixty minutes)
2. clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)

Further reading

• “jam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian j?. Cognate with West Frisian jimme

Pronoun

jam

1. you (plural)
2. your (plural)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jam/

Noun

jam f

1. genitive plural of jama

Pronoun

jam

1. (informal, sometimes proscribed) Combined form of ja +? -m (first person singular pronoun + verb suffix).

Further reading

• jam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Noun

jam

1. genitive dual/plural of jama

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??m/

Noun

jam n

1. meow (sound of a cat)

Declension

Related terms

• jama

Anagrams

• Maj, maj

Welsh

Etymology

From English jam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??am/

Noun

jam m (plural jamiau, not mutable)

1. jam

   Synonym: cyffaith

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “jam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jam c (plural jams)

1. jam, fruit preserves

Alternative forms

• sjem

Further reading

• “jam (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011