different between car vs night

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

Alternative forms

• nite (informal)

Etymology

From Middle English nighte, night, nyght, ni?t, naht, from Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht (“night”), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts (“night”). Cognate with Scots nicht, neicht (“night”), West Frisian nacht (“night”), Dutch nacht (“night”), Low German Nacht (“night”), German Nacht (“night”), Danish nat (“night”), Swedish and Norwegian natt (“night”), Faroese nátt (“night”), Icelandic nótt (“night”), Latin nox (“night”), Greek ????? (nýchta, “night”), Russian ???? (no??, “night”), Sanskrit ????? (nákti, “night”).

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: n?t, IPA^(key): /na?t/
• (UK, Scottish) IPA^(key): /n??t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Homophone: knight

Noun

night (countable and uncountable, plural nights)

1. (countable) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

   • The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
2. (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
3. (law, countable) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
4. (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
5. (countable) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.

6. (uncountable) Nightfall.

7. (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).

8. (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.

9. (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:night.

Synonyms

• (evening or night spent at a particular activity): evening; see also Thesaurus:nighttime or Thesaurus:evening
• (quality of sleep): sleep
• (nightfall): dark, dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset; see also Thesaurus:dusk
• (darkness): blackness, darkness, gloom, obscurity, shadow

Antonyms

• (period between sunset and sunrise): day; see also Thesaurus:daytime
• (darkness): brightness, daylight, light

Hypernyms

• 24-hour day

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Pijin: naet
• ? Korean: ??? (naiteu)

Translations

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Interjection

night

1. Ellipsis of good night

Translations

Verb

night (third-person singular simple present nights, present participle nighting, simple past and past participle nighted)

1. To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.
   • 2008, Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes, p.284:

     "So I took seat and ate somewhat of my vivers, my horse also feeding upon his fodder, and we nighted in that spot and next morning I set out […]."

References

• night at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Thing, thing

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, borrowed from English night with the meaning of nightclub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?najt/
• Hyphenation: night

Noun

night m (invariable)

1. nightclub
   • 2014, Gianfranco Tomei, Sole nero, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, page 42.

Middle English

Noun

night (plural nights)

1. Alternative form of nighte

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English night.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?najt??/

Noun

night f (plural nights)

1. nightlife (nocturnal entertainment activities, especially parties and shows)