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Translation

tsar

Word origin

From Russian tsar, which is a worn-down form of Latin Caesar. The same imperial surname produced German Kaiser, so tsar, kaiser and Caesar are one word three times over.

Origin
Russian, from Latin
Root
Caesar
English cognates
tsar, kaiser, Caesar

Examples

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The tsar ruled the country for many years.

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The people feared the tsar.

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The tsar lived in a great palace.

Pronounced TSA-ro, since c is always ts. A is specifically the Russian sort of emperor; a generic king is and an emperor . The wife is o, and Zamenhof, writing under the actual tsars, had reason to know the word well.

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This word is part of lesson 21.