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jalopy
English
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico, to whose scrap yards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???l?.pi/
Noun
jalopy (plural jalopies)
- (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
- 1979, Jack Kerouac, On the road, page 3:
- Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he was actually born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City in 1926, in a jalopy, on their way to Los Angeles.
- 2003, Terrance Dicks & Barry Letts, Deadly Reunion, chapter 22:
- There's only a rough track and I doubt if that jalopy of yours will make it.
- 1979, Jack Kerouac, On the road, page 3:
- (US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.
Synonyms
- banger, beater, bucket of bolts, clunker, crate, flivver, hooptie, junker, rattletrap, rustbucket, tin Lizzie,lemon
Translations
References
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car
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)
- 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
- (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.
- (Britain, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[3]
- (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
- Synonyms: railcar, wagon
- (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
- (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
- Synonyms: carload, wagonload
- The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
- The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
- Synonym: carriage
- The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
- Synonyms: gondola, (balloons only) basket
- (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
- (uncountable, US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
- (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)
- (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))
- 1609 William Shakespeare, Sonnet 7,[7]
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)
- (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)
- chariot
- ox-cart
Related terms
- cãrutsã/carotsã
- cãrutsar
- caretã
- cherã
Aynu
Noun
car
- 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)
- expensive
- Synonyms: alt, costós
- Antonym: barat
- (poetic) dear
- Synonyms: estimat, amat, apreciat
Etymology 2
From Latin qu?r? (“how; why”). Compare French car.
Conjunction
car
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- dear; beloved; cherished
- 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)
- to love
- be devoted to
Conjugation
Mutation
Synonyms
- gráigh
Middle French
Conjunction
car
- 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)
- dear
- expensive
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kar/
Adjective
car
- 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
- 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)
- cart
- chariot
Declension
Related terms
- c?ru??
- c?rare
- c?ra
- caret?
- înc?rca
Verb
car
- 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)
- 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)
- job
- twist, turn
- trick
- bit
Derived terms
- aig a' char as lugha
- aig a' char as miosa
Adverb
car
- 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 ????)
- 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)
- 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
- (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)
- (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)
- car
Derived terms
- sêl cist car
Mutation
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