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kab

English

Etymology

From Hebrew ??? (káv)

Noun

kab (plural kabs)

  1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cab: a former Hebrew unit of volume.

Anagrams

  • BAK, BKA, Bak, bak

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of kapab, from French capable (capable).

Verb

kab

  1. (auxiliary) can, be able to

Synonyms

  • ka
  • kapab

Mapudungun

Noun

kab (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. (anatomy) hair
  2. wool

See also

  • kab logko

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Somali

Noun

káb f (plural kabo m)

  1. shoe

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kar

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)

  1. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
  2. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  3. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
  4. (only with the suffix -ban (in), often preceded by (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)

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

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