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
- plural of car
Anagrams
- CRAs, RACs, arcs, ascr., csar, sacr-, sarc-, scar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈkas/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾs/
- Rhymes: -aɾs
Adjective
cars
- masculine plural of car
Noun
cars
- plural of car
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
cars m
- plural of car
Latvian
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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
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Noun
cars m (1st declension, feminine form: cariene)
- tsar (male monarch of the Russian empire (especially before 1721); his title)
- 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
- Synonyms: imperators, karalis, ķeizars, (dated term) ķēniņš
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