different between car vs kar

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

Noun

kar (plural kars)

1. (marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car.
   • 1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, page 26:

     In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added.

Anagrams

• AKR, Ark, Ark., RAK, RKA, ark, kra

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

1. cart
2. car, automobile

Synonyms

• wa

Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, borrowed from Romani kar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka?]
• IPA^(key): [ka?] (Gheg)

Noun

kar m (indefinite plural kar, definite singular kari, definite plural karet)

1. (anatomy) penis
2. (slang, vulgar) cock, dick

Declension

Derived terms

• karuc m (diminutive)

Synonyms

• penis m (chiefly formal)
• bile m
• luc m (childish)
• karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar, diminutive)
• dërrasë f (vulgar)
• hu m (vulgar)

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ??? (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ?n kar)

1. deaf
2. (phonetics, of a consonant) voiceless

Antonyms

• (of a consonant): cingiltili

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??r/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants.

Noun

kar m (plural kerent)

1. relative

Mutation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kar

1. Hard mutation of gar.

Mutation

Chuukese

Adjective

kar

1. hot

Czech

Noun

kar m

1. cirque

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka/, [k??]
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

1. vessel
2. trough

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?r/
• Hyphenation: kar
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

1. A cart.
2. Any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck.

Derived terms

• golfkar
• handkar
• hondenkar
• huifkar
• karren
• karrenvracht
• ossenkar
• racekar
• sleepkar
• steekkar
• strijdkar

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kar

Elfdalian

Noun

kar n

1. tub, bathtub

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?r]
• Rhymes: -?r

Etymology 1

From a Turkic language.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

2. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
3. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
4. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
5. (only with the suffix -ban (“in”), often preceded by jó (“good”) or rossz (“bad”)) condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin chorus.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

2. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (“teaching staff”))
3. faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)

   Meronym: tanszék

4. a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)

   Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar

Declension

Derived terms

Usage notes

These two nouns are almost completely homonymous except for the third person single-object possessive forms and all multiple-object possessive forms, the first one (with the sense "arm") having an extra -j- between the root and the possessive ending.

Further reading

• (arm, lever): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (faculty; ensemble): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a?r/
• Rhymes: -a?r

Etymology 1

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker. Doublet of ker. Cognate with Swedish kar.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. tub

Declension

Derived terms

• baðkar

Etymology 2

From English car.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. (colloquial, North America) car, automobile

Declension

Synonyms

• bíll

Related terms

• (colloquial, North American) strítkar (“streetcar”)

K'iche'

Noun

kar

1. fish

Latvian

Verb

kar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of k?rt
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of k?rt
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of k?rt
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of k?rt
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of k?rt
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of k?rt

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

kar

1. they

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kar m

1. work, labor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karer, definite plural karene)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man

Usage notes

• Between 1938 and 1983, kara was a co-standard definite plural form. The form is now considered dialectal. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, hest, and tupp.

Derived terms

• ågerkar

Etymology 2

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker, in the sense of blood vessels influenced by Latin vas

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara or karene)

1. a container, vessel, tub, vat
2. a (fish) trap (e.g. for salmon)
3. a pier (for a bridge)
4. a vessel, artery, tube in a body or plant

Derived terms

• badekar
• blodkar
• brokar

References

• “kar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??r/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kall.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karar, definite plural karane)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
2. Synonyms: fyr, mann, type

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kaz?. Doublet of kjer.

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara)

1. a vessel, tub (container of liquid or other substance)

Derived terms

• badekar
• blodkar

References

• “kar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ark, kra, rak

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

kar f

1. genitive plural of kara

Noun

kar n

1. genitive plural of karo

Romani

Etymology

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

Noun

kar m (plural kara)

1. (anatomy) penis

Descendants

• ? Albanian: kar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kaz?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??r/
• Homophone: karl

Noun

kar n

1. tub
2. bathtub

Declension

Synonyms

• (bathtub): badkar

Anagrams

• ark, rak

References

• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English car.

Noun

kar

1. car

Synonyms

• ka

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (“snow”), from Old Turkic ????????? (kar, “snow”), from Proto-Turkic *k?r, *Ki?r (“snow”). Compare Proto-Mongolic *karig (“strong coldness”).

Noun

kar (definite accusative kar?, plural karlar)

1. snow

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• kâr
• ya?mur

Further reading

• kar in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 2

Verb

kar

1. second-person singular imperative of karmak

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian ??? (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

1. deaf

Derived terms

• karlik

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

kar c (plural karren)

1. choice

Derived terms

• foarkar

Further reading

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

Zazaki

Noun

kar

1. (grammar) verb

Synonyms

• fiil