chara
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From translingual/New Latin Chara.
Noun[edit]
chara (plural charas)
- A green alga of the genus Chara.
- Synonym: muskgrass
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
chara (plural charas)
- Shortened form of charabanc
- 2013, Alf Townsend, The Charabanc: The Early Days of Motorised Coach Travel:
- The workers didn't get paid for any holidays, so a day out in a 'chara' was all they got.
Anagrams[edit]
Eastern Bontoc[edit]
Noun[edit]
chara
Iban[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule”), from Sanskrit चर् (car, “to move, to practice”).
Alternatively, from Malay cara, from Persian چاره (čâra, “remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chara
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chara
- Lenited form of cara.
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
chara
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
chara f (genitive charae); first declension
- An unknown kind of root, perhaps wild cabbage or the root of caraway
- (Can we date this quote?), Gaius Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili, Liber III, 48:
- Est autem genus radicis inventum ab eis, qui fuerant vacui ab operibus, quod appellatur chara, quod admixtum lacte multum inopiam levabat.
- "There was a sort of root called chara, discovered by the troops which served under Valerius."
- (Can we date this quote?), Gaius Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili, Liber III, 48:
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | chara | charae |
Genitive | charae | charārum |
Dative | charae | charīs |
Accusative | charam | charās |
Ablative | charā | charīs |
Vocative | chara | charae |
References[edit]
- “chara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Liangmai Naga[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chara
Middle Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
chara
- Lenited form of cara.
Occitan[edit]
Noun[edit]
chara f (plural charas) (Limousin)
- face (front part of the head)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
chara f (plural charas)
Derived terms[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχara/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχaːra/, /ˈχara/
Verb[edit]
chara
- Aspirate mutation of cara.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cara | gara | nghara | chara |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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