car in English: A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries a small number of people. (noun)

Translation

A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries a small number of people.

Word origin

Comes from the Old French 'carre', meaning a wheeled vehicle or cart.

Origin: Old French
Root: carre

Grammar

Gender

Pluralcars

Examples

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Here 'car' means the vehicle they used to travel.

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Here 'car' means the inside space of the vehicle.

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Here 'cars' is the plural, meaning more than one vehicle.

A car is a small road vehicle with an engine and four wheels. Most cars carry one driver and a few other people from place to place.

Related words

road

A long, hard path that cars and people use to travel from one place to another.

drive

To make a car or other vehicle move and to steer it.

wheel

A round part that turns to make a car or bike move along.

bus

A large road vehicle that carries many people from place to place.

engine

The part of a machine that uses fuel or power to make it move.

ambulance

A special vehicle that takes ill or hurt people to hospital.

bike

A vehicle with two wheels that you sit on and move by pushing the pedals.

cab

A car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Most British people say taxi.

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