chariot

English

a Hittite chariot.

Etymology

From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”). Displaced native Old English hrædwæġn (literally “fast wagon”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹiət/, /ˈt͡ʃɛɹiət/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: char‧i‧ot

Noun

chariot (plural chariots)

1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.

   Synonym: (dated) car

2. A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
3. (xiangqi) The rook piece.

Hyponyms

• (Roman, 2-horse): biga
• (Roman, 3-horse): triga
• (Roman, 4-horse): quadriga

Derived terms

• charioter
• chariotlike
• chariotry
• scythed chariot
• unchariot
• uncharioted
• your chariot awaits

 

Related terms

• aurigal
• charret
• charrette
• (driver): charioteer

Translations

vehicle used in warfare

• Arabic: عَرَبَة f (ʕaraba)
• Armenian: մարտակառք (hy) (martakaṙkʻ)
• Assamese: ৰথ (roth)
• Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa)
• Azerbaijani: araba (az)
• Basque: guda-gurdi
• Belarusian: калясні́ца f (kaljasníca)
• Bengali: রথ (bn) (roth)
• Bulgarian: колесни́ца (bg) f (kolesníca)
• Burmese: ရထား (my) (ra.hta:)
• Catalan: carro (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙輪戰車 / 双轮战车 (shuāng lún zhànchē), 戰車 / 战车 (zh) (zhànchē), 馬戰車 / 马战车 (mǎzhànchē), 馬車 / 马车 (zh) (mǎchē)

• Coptic: ⲃⲣϭⲟⲟⲩⲧ f (brcoout), ϩⲁⲣⲙⲁ (harma)
• Czech: válečný vůz m, vůz (cs) m
• Danish: stridsvogn c
• Dutch: strijdwagen (nl) m
• Egyptian: (mrkbt), (wrryt)
• Esperanto: armea ĉaro
• Finnish: sotavaunut pl
• French: char (fr) m (de guerre), charriot (fr) m
• Galician: biga f
• Georgian: ეტლი (eṭli)
• German: Streitwagen (de) m
• Greek: άρμα (el) f (árma)

  Ancient: ἅρμα f (hárma), δίφρος m (díphros), (covered) λαμπήνη f (lampḗnē), ὄχος m (ókhos), ὄχεα n pl (ókhea)

• Hebrew: מֶרְכָּבָה (he) f (merkavá)
• Hindi: रथ (hi) m (rath)
• Hittite: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: charo (io)
• Indonesian: cikar (id)
• Irish: carbad m
• Italian: biga (it) f
• Japanese: 戦車 (ja) (せんしゃ, sensha), チャリオット (ja) (chariotto), 馬車 (ja) (ばしゃ, basha)
• Kazakh: арба (arba)
• Khmer: រថ (km) (rŭət), រទេះ (km) (rɔteh)
• Korean: 전차 (ko) (jeoncha), 마차 (ko) (macha)
• Kyrgyz: араба (ky) (araba)
• Lao: ສັນທະນະ (san tha na), ລົດ (lo) (lot)
• Latin: currus (la) m, curriculum n, (Celtic) essedum n, (poetic) rota f, (with four horses) quadrīgae (la) f pl
• Macedonian: ко́чија f (kóčija), дво́колка f (dvókolka), бо́јна ко́ла f (bójna kóla)
• Malay: cikar
• Malayalam: രഥം (ml) (rathaṁ), തേര് (ml) (tērŭ)
• Maori: hāriata
• Marathi: रथ (mr) m (rath)
• Middle Persian: 𐫡𐫍𐫏 (rah)
• Mon: ရထာပၞာန် (mnw), ကွဳပၞာန် (mnw), ^{(please verify)} ယုဒ္ဓရထ m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stridsvogn (no) m or f

• Old Church Slavonic: возъ m (vozŭ)
• Old English: hrædwæġn m
• Old Norse: reið f
• Ottoman Turkish: قاكلی (kañlı)
• Pali: ratha m
• Persian: گردونه (fa) (gardune), ارابه (fa) (arâbe), غرده (fa) (ğarde)
• Polish: rydwan (pl) m
• Portuguese: biga (pt)
• Romanian: bigă (ro) f, car de luptă n
• Russian: колесни́ца (ru) f (kolesníca)
• Sanskrit: रथ (sa) m (ratha)
• Scottish Gaelic: carbad m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: двоколица f, кочије n

  Roman: dvokolica (sh) f, kočije (sh) n

• Slovak: voz m
• Slovene: voz (sl) m
• Spanish: quadriga f, biga (es) f , carro (es) m (de guerra)
• Swedish: stridsvagn (sv), häststridsvagn
• Tagalog: karo
• Tajik: ароба (tg) (aroba)
• Thai: รถ (th) (rót)
• Turkish: savaş arabası
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎗𐎋𐎁𐎚 (mrkbt)
• Ukrainian: колісни́ця (uk) f (kolisnýcja)
• Urdu: رتھ m (rath)
• Uzbek: jang aravasi, arava (uz)
• Vietnamese: chiếc xe, xe (vi)
• Welsh: cerbyd (cy) m

carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes

• Burmese: ရထား (my) (ra.hta:)
• Catalan: carro (ca) m, carruatge (ca) m, carrossa f
• Esperanto: ĉaro
• Finnish: juhlavaunut pl
• German: Triumphwagen (de) m
• Hindi: रथ (hi) m (rath)
• Ido: charo (io)
• Italian: cocchio (it) m, carrozza (it) f
• Latin: (used by women) pīlentum n
• Macedonian: каре́та (mk) f (karéta)
• Malayalam: രഥം (ml) (rathaṁ)
• Old Norse: reið f
• Polish: kareta (pl) f, karoca f
• Portuguese: charrete (pt) f, carruagem (pt) f
• Russian: каре́та (ru) f (karéta)
• Welsh: cerbyd (cy) m

Verb

chariot (third-person singular simple present chariots, present participle charioting, simple past and past participle charioted)

1. (transitive, rare, poetic) To convey by, or as if by, chariot.
2. (intransitive) To ride in a chariot.

See also

Xiangqi pieces in English (see also: xiangqi) (layout · text)
general	advisor	elephant	horse	chariot	cannon	soldier

Anagrams

• Torahic, Torchia, haricot

French

Alternative forms

• charriot (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chariot, from char or from charrier +‎ -ot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ʁjo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -jo

Noun

chariot m (plural chariots)

1. A car/carriage or wagon
2. carriage (of a computer printer)

   chariot bloqué

3. (North America) shopping cart

   Synonym: caddie

Derived terms

• chariot élévateur

Further reading

• “chariot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• haricot
• torchai