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carr.

car (automobile)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɑːɾˠ//kaːɾˠ//kaɾˠ/Ulster, also/kɑɾˠ/Ulster, also
  1. car (automobile)

    masculine
  2. cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish carr (“cart, waggon”), from Proto-Celtic *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós. Nowadays the sense “automobile” is reinforced over its synonym gluaisteán through influence of English car.

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