cars

See also: çars

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːz/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

Noun

cars

1. plural of car

Anagrams

• CRAs, RACs, arcs, ascr., csar, sacr-, sarc-, scar

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia) [ˈkars]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Mallorca,Menorca) [ˈkas], (Ibiza) [ˈkars]
• Rhymes: -aɾs

Adjective

cars

1. masculine plural of car (“expensive”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkars]
• Rhymes: -aɾs

Noun

cars

1. plural of car (“foreyard”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

cars m

1. plural of car

Latvian

Cars Pēteris Lielais (1682-1721)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ, “tsar”), itself a borrowing, ultimately from Latin Caesar; cf. the parallel form ķeizars (“emperor”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

cars m (1st declension, feminine form: cariene)

1. tsar (male monarch of the Russian empire (especially before 1721); his title)

   Synonyms: imperators, karalis, ķeizars, (dated term) ķēniņš

   cars Pēteris Lielais ― Tsar Peter the Great

   cara valdība, monarhija ― the tsar's government, monarchy

   cara galms ― the tsar's court

   cara tronis ― the tsar's throne

   cara laikā ― in the time of the tsar

Usage notes

Officially, the title of cars in Russia was replaced with imperators in 1721, though the word cars, in Latvian as in other languages, continued to be popularly used to refer to the rulers of the Russian Empire.

Declension

Declension of cars (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	cars	cari
accusative (akuzatīvs)	caru	carus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	cara	caru
dative (datīvs)	caram	cariem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	caru	cariem
locative (lokatīvs)	carā	caros
vocative (vokatīvs)	car	cari

Derived terms

• carisks
• carisms
• cariste