car.
as, since, because, for
Meaning & usage
as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait.
Where this word comes from
From Old French quer (“as, since, because, for”), from Latin quārē (“how; why”). Compare Catalan car.
a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from English car, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman and the Old Northern French car, variant of Old French char. Doublet of char.
Try it on your idea.
car has 3 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.