motorcar

C2+ Topic:Transportation

Also spelled motor-car and motor-cars

US /ˈmoʊtərˌkɑr/ UK /ˈməʊtəkɑː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a road vehicle powered by an engine; an automobile

His grandfather still remembers the first motorcar in the village.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a road vehicle powered by... automobile car auto vehicle motor

Word family

Related forms motor car

Etymology

A compound of motor + car; motor from Latin mōtor ('mover'), from movēre ('to move'), and car from Old North French carre, from Latin carrus ('wheeled vehicle'), of Gaulish origin.

mōtor Latin carrus Latin

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Topics

Transportation Word Formation & Derivatives

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# motorcar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmoʊtərˌkɑr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈməʊtəkɑː/

## Meanings
1. a road vehicle powered by an engine; an automobile

## Examples
- His grandfather still remembers the first motorcar in the village.

## Synonyms
- automobile
- car
- auto
- vehicle
- motor

## Related Forms
- motor
- car

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mōtor
- Root: carrus

## Etymology
A compound of motor + car; motor from Latin mōtor ('mover'), from movēre ('to move'), and car from Old North French carre, from Latin carrus ('wheeled vehicle'), of Gaulish origin.

## AI Etymology
Motorcar is a compound of motor + car; motor from Latin mōtor ('mover'), from movēre ('to move'), and car from Old North French carre, from Latin carrus ('wheeled vehicle'), of Gaulish origin. The etymological trail includes Latin mōtor, Latin carrus. The same word family includes motor, car. Its current noun use means "a road vehicle powered by an engine; an automobile".

## Topics
- Transportation
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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