chariot
English
/ˈt͡ʃæɹɪət/, /ˈt͡ʃæɹiət/
noun
Definitions
- A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
- A light four-wheeled carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
- (xiangqi) rook
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chariot derived from Latin carrus (wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle).
Origin
Latin
carrus
Gloss
wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- carrus English
- charioted English
- charioteer English
- charioteeress English
- chariotlike English
- unchariot English
- uncharioted English
- (caminus) Latin
- (via) Latin
- (via) carrāria Latin
- *carriāre Latin
- autocarrus Latin
- carrago Latin
- carricare Latin
- carrico Latin
- carricāre Latin
- carricāre, carrico Latin
- carricō Latin
- carrus Latin
- carrāria Latin
- carrārius Latin
- discarricāre Latin
- discarricō Latin
- carosello Italian
- carretta Italian
- carro Italian
- carrozza Italian
- chariot French
- carro Spanish, Castilian
- κάρρον Ancient Greek
- *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European
- チャリ Japanese
- チャリオット Japanese
- ママチャリ Japanese
- kerra Old Norse
- cariage Old French
- carier Old French
- char Old French
- chariot Old French
- carro Catalan, Valencian
- car Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- căra Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- carre Middle Dutch
- karra Old High German
- կառք Old Armenian
- karre Middle High German
- kerr Albanian
- qerre Albanian
- carriere Middle French
- carro Old Portuguese
- *karros Proto-Celtic
- car Aromanian
- cariatge Occitan
- carrejar Occitan
- carro Occitan
- kärra Old Swedish
- carru Asturian
- carro Old Spanish
- carier xno
- *karros Gaulish
- carros Gaulish
- karros Gaulish
- carrià Neapolitan