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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