car

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
  2. noun a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
  3. noun the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse.

In classic literature

Synonyms

auto, automobile, machine, motorcar

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