car

A1 Topic:Transportation

US /[kʰäɾ]/ UK /kɑː/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #241

Meanings

1

noun
A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine, used to carry a small number of people.

He drove his car to the theatre.
2

noun
A separate section of a train.

Three cars came off the rails in the accident.
3

noun
The part of a lift or cable car in which people ride.

The lift car stopped suddenly between two floors.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a road vehicle with four... auto automobile motor car motorcar vehicle

2 noun · a separate section of a train. railcarrailroad carrailway carcarriage

3 noun · the part of a lift or cable... elevator car

Word family

Forms cars

Derived forms aerocaraircaranticarautomocarcar-bombcar-bootercar-centriccar-freecar-handedcar-hopcar-housecar-jack

Related forms bus carriage chariot truck van

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse.

carre Middle English carrus Latin *karros cel-gau *ḱr̥sós Proto-Indo-European

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# car

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** [kʰäɾ]
**IPA (UK):** kɑː
**Frequency rank:** 241

## Meanings
1. A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine, used to carry a small number of people.
2. A separate section of a train.
3. The part of a lift or cable car in which people ride.

## Examples
- He drove his car to the theatre.
- Three cars came off the rails in the accident.
- The lift car stopped suddenly between two floors.

## Derived Forms
- aerocar
- aircar
- anticar
- automocar
- car-bomb
- car-booter
- car-centric
- car-free
- car-handed
- car-hop
- car-house
- car-jack

## Related Forms
- bus
- carriage
- chariot
- truck
- van

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: carre
- Root: carrus
- Root: *karros
- Root: *ḱr̥sós

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse.

## AI Etymology
car is a noun. It was inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse. Historical forms in the chain include carre (Middle English), carre (Anglo-Norman), carrus (Latin), *karros (Gaulish), *karros (Proto-Celtic), and *ḱr̥sós (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include a road vehicle with four wheels and an engine, used to carry a small number of people, a separate section of a train, and the part of a lift or cable car in which people ride. Derived forms include aerocar, aircar, anticar, automocar, and car-bomb. Related words include bus, carriage, chariot, and truck.

## Topics
- Transportation

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