chariot

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chariot

Etymology edit

From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”). Displaced native Old English hrædwæġn (literally “fast wagon”).

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪət/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹiət/, /ˈt͡ʃɛɹiət/
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Hyphenation: char‧i‧ot

Noun edit

chariot (plural chariots)

A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
Synonym: (dated) car
A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
(xiangqi) The rook piece.

Hyponyms edit

(Roman, 2-horse): biga
(Roman, 3-horse): triga
(Roman, 4-horse): quadriga

Derived terms edit

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Translations edit

vehicle used in warfare

Arabic: عَرَبَة f (ʕaraba)
Armenian: մարտակառք (hy) (martakaṙkʻ)
Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa)
Azerbaijani: araba (az)
Basque: guda-gurdi
Belarusian: калясні́ца f (kaljasníca)
Bengali: রথ (bn) (roth)
Bulgarian: колесни́ца (bg) f (kolesníca)
Burmese: ရထား (my) (ra.hta:)
Catalan: carro (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雙輪戰車／双轮战车 (shuāng lún zhànchē), 戰車／战车 (zh) (zhànchē), 馬戰車／马战车 (mǎzhànchē), 馬車／马车 (zh) (mǎchē)
Coptic: ⲃⲣϭⲟⲟⲩⲧ f (brcoout), ϩⲁⲣⲙⲁ (harma)
Czech: válečný vůz m, vůz (cs) m
Danish: stridsvogn c
Dutch: strijdwagen (nl) m
Egyptian:

(mrkbt),

(wrryt)
Esperanto: armea ĉaro
Finnish: sotavaunut pl
French: char (fr) m (de guerre), charriot (fr) m
Galician: biga f
Georgian: ეტლი (eṭli)
German: Streitwagen (de) m
Greek: άρμα (el) f (árma)
Ancient: ἅρμα f (hárma), δίφρος m (díphros), (covered) λαμπήνη f (lampḗnē), ὄχος m (ókhos), ὄχεα n pl (ókhea)
Hebrew: מֶרְכָּבָה (he) f (merkavá)
Hindi: रथ (hi) m (rath)
Hittite: please add this translation if you can
Ido: charo (io)
Indonesian: cikar (id)
Irish: carbad m
Italian: biga (it) f
Japanese: 戦車 (ja) (せんしゃ, sensha), チャリオット (ja) (chariotto), 馬車 (ja) (ばしゃ, basha)
Kazakh: арба (arba)
Khmer: រថ (km) (rŭət), រទេះ (km) (rɔteh)
Korean: 전차 (ko) (jeoncha), 마차 (ko) (macha)
Kyrgyz: араба (ky) (araba)
Lao: ສັນທະນະ (san tha na), ລົດ (lo) (lot)
Latin: currūs (la) m, curriculum n, (Celtic) essedum n, (poetic) rota f, (with four horses) quadrīgae (la) f
Macedonian: ко́чија f (kóčija), дво́колка f (dvókolka), бо́јна ко́ла f (bójna kóla)
Malay: cikar
Malayalam: രഥം (ml) (rathaṁ), തേര് (ml) (tērŭ)
Maori: hāriata
Middle Persian: 𐫡𐫍𐫏 (rah)
Mon: ရထာပၞာန် (mnw),ကွဳပၞာန် (mnw)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stridsvogn (no) m or f
Old Church Slavonic: возъ m (vozŭ)
Old English: hrædwæġn m
Old Norse: reið f
Ottoman Turkish: قاكلی (kañlı)
Pali: please add this translation if you can
Mon: ^{(please verify)} ယုဒ္ဓရထ m (yuddharatha)
Persian: گردونه (fa) (gardune), ارابه (fa) (arâbe), غرده (fa) (ğarde)
Polish: rydwan (pl) m
Portuguese: biga (pt)
Romanian: bigă (ro) f, car de luptă n
Russian: колесни́ца (ru) f (kolesníca)
Sanskrit: रथ (sa) m (ratha)
Scottish Gaelic: carbad m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: двоколица f, кочије n
Roman: dvokolica (sh) f, kočije (sh) n
Slovak: voz m
Slovene: voz (sl) m
Spanish: quadriga f, biga (es) f , carro (es) m (de guerra)
Swedish: stridsvagn (sv), häststridsvagn
Tagalog: karo
Tajik: ароба (tg) (aroba)
Thai: รถ (th) (rót)
Turkish: savaş arabası
Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎗𐎋𐎁𐎚 (mrkbt)
Ukrainian: колісни́ця (uk) f (kolisnýcja)
Urdu: رتھ m (rath)
Uzbek: jang aravasi, arava (uz)
Vietnamese: chiếc xe, xe (vi)
Welsh: cerbyd (cy) m

carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes

Burmese: ရထား (my) (ra.hta:)
Catalan: carro (ca) m, carruatge (ca) m, carrossa f
Esperanto: ĉaro
Finnish: juhlavaunut pl
German: Triumphwagen (de) m
Hindi: रथ (hi) m (rath)
Ido: charo (io)
Italian: cocchio (it) m, carrozza (it) f
Latin: (used by women) pīlentum n
Macedonian: каре́та (mk) f (karéta)
Malayalam: രഥം (ml) (rathaṁ)
Old Norse: reið f
Polish: kareta (pl) f, karoca f
Portuguese: charrete (pt) f, carruagem (pt) f
Russian: каре́та (ru) f (karéta)
Welsh: cerbyd (cy) m

Verb edit

chariot (third-person singular simple present chariots, present participle charioting, simple past and past participle charioted)