car
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (5)cars
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine“he needs a car to get to work”Synonyms: autoautomobilemachinemotorcarType of motor vehicle, automotive vehicleKinds jeep, cab, cruiser, beach wagon, ambulance, convertible, sedan, sports car, hot rod, roadster +22 morePart of dashcamParts window, accelerator, rear window, running board, fender, hood, reverse, car door +22 more
- a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad“three cars had jumped the rails”Synonyms: railcarrailway carrailroad carType of wheeled vehicleKinds passenger car, freight car, mail car, van, baggage car, slip coach, club car, cabin car, bilevel car, tender +2 moreParts suspension, suspension systemMember of train, railroad train
- the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plantSynonyms: gondolaType of compartmentPart of airship, dirigible
- where passengers ride up and down“the car was on the top floor”Synonyms: elevator carType of compartmentPart of elevator, lift
- a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway“they took a cable car to the top of the mountain”Synonyms: cable carType of compartmentPart of cable railway, funicular
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Translations
Noun automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver
- Spanish
- coche
- French
- voiture
- German
- Auto
- Italian
- macchina
- Portuguese
- carro
- Turkish
- araba
- Russian
- маши́на mašína
- Arabic
- سَيَّارَة sayyāra
- Chinese
- 汽车 qìchē
- Japanese
- 車 kuruma
36 more languages
- Dutch
- auto
- Polish
- samochód
- Swedish
- bil
- Greek
- αυτοκίνητο aftokínito
- Korean
- 자동차 jadongcha
- Indonesian
- mobil
- Vietnamese
- xe hơi
- Hungarian
- autó
- Portuguese (PT)
- carro
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 汽車 qìchē
- Albanian
- makinë
- Breton
- karr
- Catalan
- cotxe
- Corsican
- vittura
- Czech
- auto
- Danish
- bil
- Esperanto
- aŭtomobilo
- Estonian
- auto
- Finnish
- auto
- Georgian
- მანქანა mankana
- Hebrew
- מְכוֹנִית m'khonít
- Icelandic
- bíll
- Kurdish
- erebe
- Latvian
- automašīna
- Lithuanian
- automobilis
- Malagasy
- fiara
- Norwegian
- bil
- Romanian
- mașină
- Scottish Gaelic
- càr
- Serbo-Croatian
- automobil
- Slovak
- auto
- Slovenian
- avto
- Swahili
- gari
- Walloon
- oto
- Welsh
- car
- Yiddish
- אויטאָמאָביל oytomobil
Noun moving, load-carrying component of an elevator
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. Chariot.
1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. US
☞ In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See Train.
3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. poetic.
The gilded car of day.— John Milton
The towering car, the sable steeds.— Alfred Tennyson
4. Astronomy The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.
The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car.— John Dryden
5. The cage of a lift or elevator.
6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
7. A floating perforated box for living fish. US
Car coupling, or Car coupler, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. US — Dummy car Railroads, a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. — Freight car Railrood, a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. US — Hand car Railroads, a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. US — Horse car, or Street car, an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. US — Palace car, Drawing-room car, Sleeping car, Parlor car, etc. Railroads, cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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<programming> (car) /kar/ The left-hand element of a Lisp cons cell.
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