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Synonyms for car

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahr
Phonetic Transcription : kɑr

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Définition of car

Origin :
  • c.1300, "wheeled vehicle," from Anglo-French carre, Old North French carre, from Vulgar Latin *carra, related to Latin carrum, carrus (plural carra), originally "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaulish karros, a Celtic word (cf. Old Irish and Welsh carr "cart, wagon," Breton karr "chariot"), from PIE *krsos, from root *kers- "to run" (see current (adj.)).
  • "From 16th to 19th c. chiefly poetic, with associations of dignity, solemnity, or splendour ..." [OED]. Used in U.S. of railway carriages by 1826; extension to "automobile" is by 1896. Car bomb first 1972, in reference to Northern Ireland. The Latin word also is the source of Italian and Spanish carro, French char.
  • noun vehicle driven on streets
Example sentences :
  • They awoke one morning to find the car on a siding at the One Girl mine.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "Thought it might be some of you folks when I saw the car," said Higbee, shaking hands all around.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • When he set out he meant to reach the car and go back to town at once.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She bowed curtly to Grace and Emma as her car whizzed by them.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • I am haunted by the thought that my car may break down when I have a load of wounded.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Apparently they were the only Overton passengers in that car.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Running the car into the shadow of a ruined house, I try to sleep.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • But presently a man was sent out of the car at the point of Clune's revolver.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • At the same time Allister and Clune jumped from the car and ran.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Beneath the car of this Juggernaut we must flout our judgments and crush our affections.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
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