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CARS

"CARS" is a plural of: car.

Date "CARS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: CARS

DomainDefinition

Census

(Census Automobile Reservations System) An automated information system for managing and tracking Census motor pool vehicle reservations. Part of the APMIS (Administrative & Publications Management Information System). (references)

Dream Interpretation

To dream of seeing cars, denotes journeying and changing in quick succession. To get on one shows that travel which you held in contemplation will be made under different auspices than had been calculated upon.
To miss one, foretells that you will be foiled in an attempt to forward your prospects.
To get off of one, denotes that you will succeed with some interesting schemes which will fill you with self congratulations.
To dream of sleeping-cars, indicates that your struggles to amass wealth is animated by the desire of gratifying selfish and lewd principles which should be mastered and controlled.
To see street-cars in your dreams, denotes that some person is actively interested in causing you malicious trouble and disquiet.
To ride on a car, foretells that rivalry and jealousy will enthrall your happiness.
To stand on the platform of a street-car while it is running, denotes you will attempt to carry on an affair which will be extremely dangerous, but if you ride without accident you will be successful.
If the platform is up high, your danger will be more apparent, but if low, you will barely accomplish your purpose. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Automobile

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

An automobile, usually called a car (an old word for carriage), is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own engine. (Older terms include motor car, with "motor" referring to what is now usually called the engine, and horseless carriage.) It has seats for the driver and, almost without exception, for at least one passenger.

General

The vehicle is designed to travel on roads, although some, notably sport utility vehicles, allow off-road driving. Roads and highways are shared with other traffic such as motorcycles, tractor trailer and farm implements.

The typical vehicle has just an internal combustion engine and four wheels, although in 2001, gas-electric hybrid engine-powered cars have begun to enter the market. Other vehicles run on electricity and fuel cells. Three-wheeled automobiles have been built, but are not common due to stability problems.

Automobiles/cars come in configurations such as

See car classification.

History

The first vehicles were steam engine powered, then electric vehicles were produced by a small number of manufacturers. Later on gasoline (petrol) and diesel engines were implemented.

Steam-powered self propelled vehicles were devised in the late 18th century. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot successfully demonstrated such a vehicle as early as 1769.

Cugnot's invention initially saw little application in his native France, and the center of innovation passed to Britain, where Richard Trevithick was running a steam-carriage in 1801. Such vehicles enjoyed a vogue for a time, and over the next decades such innovations as hand brakes, multi-speed transmissions, and improved speed and steering were developed. Some were commercially successfull in providing mass transit, until a backlash against these large speedy vehicles resulted in passing laws that self-propelled vehicles on public roads in Britain must be proceeded by a man on foot waving a red flag and blowing a horn (!). This effectively killed road auto development in the UK for most of the rest of the 19th century, as inventors and engineers shifted their efforts to improvements in railway locomotives.

It is generally claimed that the first automobiles with gasoline powered internal combustion engines were completed almost simultaneously in 1886 by German inventors working independently, Gottlieb Daimler on 3 July 1886 in Mannheim and later Karl Benz and Wilhelm Maybach in Stuttgart. The major breakthrough came with the historic drive of Berta Benz in 1888. Steam, electric, and gasoline powered autos competed for decades, with gasoline internal combustion engines achieving dominence in the 1910s.

The first automobile patent in the United States was granted to Oliver Evans in 1789; in 1804 Evens demonstrated his first successfull self-propelled vehicle, which not only was the first automobile in the USA but was also the first amphibious vehicle, as his steam-powered vehicle was able to travel on wheels on land and via a paddle wheel in the water. On November 5, 1895, George B. Selden was granted the a United States patent for a two-stroke automobile engine. This patent did more to hinder than encourage development of autos in the USA until it was overturned on a challenge by Henry Ford.

The large scale, production-line manufacturing of affordable automobiles was debuted by Oldsmobile in 1902, then greatly expanded by Henry Ford in the 1910s. Early automobiles were often referred to as 'horseless carriages', which gives some idea of their design.

Cadillac introduced the electric-self starter in 1911. This device greatly helped the ease of use and popularity of the internal combustion engine auto.

1934 saw the introduction of front wheel drive by Citroën with the launch of their Traction Avant.

Alternative fuels for the gasoline (or petrol) engine have been around for many years. During World War II, coal gas was used. Methanol and ethanol (alcohols) are used as petrol extenders in some countries, notably in Australia and the United States. Methanol is often used as a fuel for racing cars.

Automobiles have changed the world with the advent of personal rapid transit. The automobile had a particulary strong impact on America.

In many countries, plentiful supplies of natural gas have seen methane sold as compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane sold as liquified petroleum gas (LPG) alongside petrol and diesel fuels since the 1970s. While a standard automotive engine will run on these fuels, there are some performance differences, notably a loss of power, due to the slower combustion of the alternative fuels. The power loss can often be reduced or eliminated by retuning the engine ignition, or fitting an electronic dual fuel ignition system that compensates for the slower burning fuel. The need to equip filling stations and vehicles with pressure vessels to hold these gaseous fuels and the more stringent safety inspections means that they are only economical in high mileage vehicles or if there are installation incentives. They are most economical where petrol has high taxes and the alternative fuels do not.

The many varieties of automobile racing (also called motorcar racing) collectively constitute one of the most popular categories of sport in the world.

Safety

Accidents seem as old as automobile vehicles themselves. Joseph Cugnot crashed his steam-powered "Fardier" against a wall in 1770. The first recorded automobile fatality was Henry Bliss on September 13, 1899 in New York, New York.

Every year thousands of people are killed in traffic, either by crashing into something, or by being crashed into. Major factors in accidents include driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, inattentive driving, overtired driving, road hazards such as snow, potholes and animals, and reckless driving. Special safety features have been built into cars for years (some for the safety of car's occupants only, some for the safety of others):

There are standard tests for safety in new automobiles, like the EuroNCAP. Despite these technological advances, the death toll of car accidents remains high: about 40,000 people die every year in the US, a number which increases annually in line with rising population and increased travel (although the rate per capita and per mile travelled decreases steadily), and a similar number in Europe. A much higher number of accidents result in permanent disability.

Renewable energy and the future

With heavy taxes on fuel, particularly in Europe, tightening environmental laws in the United States, particularly in California, and the possibility of further restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, work on alternative power systems for vehicles continues.

Nowadays diesel cars can use 100% pure biodiesel, a fuel made from vegetable oils.

Attempts at building viable battery-powered electric vehicles continued throughout the 1990s (notably General Motors with the EV1), but cost, speed and inferior driving range made them unviable.

Current research and development is centred on "hybrid" vehicles that use both electric and combustion (pollution) power, and longer-term efforts are based around electric vehicles powered by fuel cells.

Other alternatives being explored involve methane and hydrogen-burning vehicles, fuel cells, and even the stored energy of compressed air (see Air Engine).

Major possible subsystems of a standard automobile

Related articles

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Cars 1917 to 2003



2003 Saturn ION2 (left), 2003 Chevrolet Corvette
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1937 Chrysler Airflow, 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Automobile."

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Car

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Car can be taken to mean:

  • A wheeled vehicle or automobile used to carry people or goods. In this sense, its etymology is derived from a shortening of the word 'carriage'. It is also called an automobile. See also road transport, kit-car, model car, future of the car, incarmatics, sports car, truck.
  • The portion of a transportation system (e.g. an elevator) in which passengers are carried.
  • A single member of a group of linked transport 'containers' pulled together by an engine and set on rails, called a railroad car or boxcar. See rail transport.
  • A function used by programming languages that are dialects of Lisp. It is used to refer to the head of a list. See car (function) and cdr.
  • Cars is a commune in the Gironde département, in France.
  • The Cars is the name of a late 1970s American New Wave band.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Car."

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Cars (song)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Cars is an electropop single by Gary Numan from his 1979 album, The Pleasure Principle. With an instantly recognizable and infectious hook, it reached the top of the charts in several countries and is today considered a classic rock staple. However, its popularity was so enormous that it overshadowed much of the rest of Numan's career in the 1980s, causing him to be thought of in after years as a one-hit wonder. The song was later covered by Fear Factory, with guest vocals provided by Numan.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cars (song)."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: CARS


1917 Hudson Phaeton
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1934 Austin Berkeley
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1967 BMC Wolseley 6/110
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2000 Ford Focus wagon
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1973 Australian Ford XB Falcon GT 351
1964 Chevrolet Biscayne

1991 Saturn SL-1

 
           

           circa 1960 GAZ Chaika parade car
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The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CARS

EnglishClimate Applications Referral SystemInformation, Geography

CARS

Greekσύστημα δρομολόγησης λεωφορείου με χρήση υπολογιστήTransportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: CARS

Synonym: Automobiles. (additional references)

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Crosswords: CARS

Specialty definitions using "CARS": haulage cars. (references)
Etymologies containing "CARS": Carse. (references)

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Modern Usage: CARS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Mama, cars don't behave (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

They usually don't make cars named after rodents (Dr. Dolittle 2; writing credit: Larry Levin)

Hopefully you enjoyed our smaller, more energy-efficient subway cars. Watch your step, y'all have a nice evening (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

Forget for this moment the smog and the cars and the restaurant and the skating and remember only this (L.A. Story; writing credit: Steve Martin.)

Luxury cars are dead (Voleurs, Les; writing credit: André Téchiné; Gilles Taurand)

Lyrics

In cars (Cars; performing artist: Gary Numan)

We count only blue cars (Counting Blue Cars; performing artist: Dishwalla)

He lived a lavish style of life, fast money, women, cars (Deception; performing artist: Blackalicious)

But I don't need no fancy cars or diamond rings (Bring It All To Me; performing artist: Blaque)

Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat there was a gun (MY HOMETOWN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

Clever

It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try and pass them. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)

Children and Cars (1970)

Cars of the Future (1969)

Part 2: The City - Cars or People? Lewis Mumford on the City (1963)

Z Cars (1962)

Song Titles

Cars (performing artist: Gary Numan)

She Has Funny Cars (performing artist: Jefferson Airplane)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CARS

DomainTitle

References

  • Passenger Cars and Vans in Taiwan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Passenger Motor Cars for Transport of Passangers and Goods in Africa (reference)

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for New Registrations of Passenger Cars in North America & the Caribbean (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Passenger Motor Cars for Transport of Passangers and Goods in South Africa (reference)

  • The 2002 World Forecasts of Passenger Motor Cars for Transport of Passengers and Goods Export Supplies (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Passenger Cars of New England Volume 2 -- Bangor & Aroostook and Maine Central (reference)

  • Cars of the Sizzling 60's (reference)

  • The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR (or How a Bunch of Good Ol' Boys Built a Billion-Dollar Industry out of Wrecking Cars) (reference)

  • Ten Consecutive Years Living in Cars : Living, Traveling, Camping, Attending College, and Performing Surveillance in Cars----and Loving It! (reference)

  • Aerofoil report: a study of the aerodynamic characteristics of racing cars fitted with aerofoils (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • The World's Greatest Rally Cars (reference)

  • The Cars That Ate Paris (reference)

  • A&E Top 10 - Cars That Changed The Automobile Industry (reference)

  • How Cars and Trucks Are Built (reference)

  • Trolly: The Cars That Built Our City (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: CARS

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Photo Album: CARS

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Strategies for prevention includes proper safety procedures for babies in cars. Credit: CDC.

"Car Walk" (movie) by Brent Solly. Two hyperbolic paraboloids create an overpass for people and a tunnel for cars.

Civilization and Billy didn't work out Billy at Seattle - afraid of the cars Billy was given a new home at the Seattle zoo. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A southeastern view of East Cambridge as seen from the Warren Bridge leading into Charlestown. Glass factories are seen on the right; railroad cars on a viaduct are seen on the left. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Copra drying sheds. Copra on rail cars would be rolled out when sunny, rolled into sheds when raining. Credit: Small World.

The road servicing the two cars on the island. Credit: Small World.

Acrylic painting of three Redheads flying low over water in late afternoon by Arthur G. Anderson, North 5995 CTH O.T., Onalaska, Wisconsin 54650. A freelance artist and collector of antique cars. In addition to waterfowl, Anderson likes to paint bald eagles, white-tailed deer, and other species inhabiting the area near his home. *first time a sleeve was used instead of a plate. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 6, Bordeaux, France. : Transportation shed, oil tanks, autos, side cars and trucks. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

In port, prior to World War I. Note the New York & New Haven Railway cars on the dock behind her. Credit: NAVY.

Damage resulting from the 17 July 1944 ammunition explosion. This view looks north from barricade magazine BM-138. A badly damaged pier is in the background with the remains of a ship barely visible off its tip (right distance). Note crushed roofs on Southern Pacific railway cars in the foreground, damaged automobile at left, railway crane in center, Marine sentry at right armed with a Reising .45 caliber submachinegun, and magazine door (labeled "BM-138/B") below the sentry. Photograph was taken by the Mare Island Navy Yard. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: CARS
 

"Miniature cars" by Matias Käkelä
Commentary: "Cute little cars driving on my bed."		"Night cars 2" by Florin Fara
Commentary: "Cars by night."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "CARS".

PlayCaption
Fire truck starting and driving, blowing the horn to notify cars, and following a police car with its siren on.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: CARS

AuthorQuotation

Tori Amos

I have a love for shoes. I collect them. Race cars, paintings; those aren't my thing. I just hang shoes on the wall. They're architecture, you know?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: CARS

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The manufacture and the importation into Germany of armoured cars, tanks and all similar constructions suitable for use in war are also prohibited. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: CARS

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Getting up on the cars in the early wintry morning outside the door of the castle

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Good Used Cars.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

I watch the passage of the morning cars with the same feeling that I do the rising of the sun, which is hardly more regular

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CARS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

A tendency to compulsively clean and groom and repetitively sort and disassemble objects, such as cars and other mechanical devices. (references)

With this technique, a child could be told that cars, buses, trucks, and bicycles are all vehicles, machines that carry people and things from place to place. (references)

Safety measures such as wearing seat belts in cars and using helmets when riding a motorcycle or playing competitive sports can protect people from epilepsy and other problems that result from head injury. (references)

Business

Cars must pass an annual emission check. (references)

There are 222 cars per 1000 inhabitants. (references)

Most smuggled cars are the luxury models. (references)

Children

Indonesia

Street children sell newspapers, shine shoes, help to park or watch cars, and otherwise attempt to earn money. (references)

Malaysia

Recognizing that public transportation is not disabled-friendly, the Government is reducing the excise duty for persons with disabilities on locally made cars and motorcycles by 50 percent. (references)

Civil Liberties

Israel and the occupied territories

Israelis moving into and out of the Gaza Strip are permitted to use their cars. (references)

Economic History

Ghana

Low-income levels make older cars more attractive. (references)

Belgium

More than 60 percent of all new cars sold are diesel. (references)

Belgium

In Belgium, 54 percent of cars are over five years old. (references)

Human Rights

Somalia

The cars exploded and killed several persons and injured some others. (references)

Somalia

On July 24, four cars hit landmines on the road linking the Lower Juba and Middle Juba regions. (references)

Indonesia

In addition police broke windows and damaged cars with rocks, nightsticks, and bullets during the incidents. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

Several houses and cars were burned, and 773 persons, including foreigners and Dioula, were forced to leave Zouan-Hounien and seek refuge in Danane, the nearest large town. (references)

Czech Republic

In August 1999, approximately 30 skinheads attacked several Romani homes in a village near Jaromerice nad Rokytnou, which resulted in several injuries to 2 Roma and damage to several cars and houses. (references)

Political Economy

Algeria

Armed groups left small bombs in cars, cafes, and markets, which killed and maimed indiscriminately. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

Such cars must be covered by IDR. (references)

Sri Lanka

Motor cars are subject to a 25 percent import tariff. (references)

El Salvador

For valuation of used cars, Customs uses N.A.D.A., Edmund's and the Truck Blue Book. (references)

Travel

Cape Verde

Taxis and rental Cars. (references)

Pakistan

Rental of cars with drivers is recommended. (references)

Mauritius

Rental cars and taxis are readily available. (references)

Women

Bahrain

Women are free to work outside the home, to drive cars without escorts, and to wear clothing of their choice. (references)

Worker Rights

Panama

Urban child labor problems also include children working as street vendors or performers, washing cars, and running errands for businesses or local criminal groups. (references)

Indonesia

It is estimated that more children work in the informal sector than the formal sector, selling newspapers, shining shoes, helping to park or watch cars, and otherwise earning money. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: CARS

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Madonna

Huge difference. The biggest difference is that they're just from the minute they can express themselves. All they're interested in is cars. Cars.

Rush Limbaugh

Kerry called for removing money from people's pockets to give it to the government, so they can build light and hybrid electric cars!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: CARS

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001I also ask the auto industry to use the available technologies to make all new cars more fuel-efficient right away.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: CARS

"CARS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "CARS" is used about 7,493 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (plural)99.95%7,4891,290
Lexical Verb (-s form)0.03%2245,945
Noun (proper)0.03%2245,945
                    Total100.00%7,493N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: CARS

Expressions using "CARS": cars station ♦ fleet of cars ♦ line of cars ♦ motor cars ♦ park between two cars ♦ string of cars ♦ To toss the cars. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "CARS": cars-on, cars-to-defence.

Ending with "CARS": motor-cars, side-cars, sleeping-cars, tram-cars, Z-cars.

Containing "CARS": trains-cars-aeroplanes, two-cars-in-one.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CARS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

used cars.com

445

cars.com nfs

3

cars.com classic

166

cars.com leased

3

rc cars.com

30

cars.com conklin

2

cars.com modified

16

cars.com leith

2

c cars.com r

13

cars.com volo

2

cars.com chevron

8

cars.com race street

2

cars.com yesterday

5

cars.com modify

2

cars.com itc

4

cars.com umc

2

cars.com wrecked

3

cars.com sporty

2

cars.com empire sprint state

3

cars.com demolition derby

2

cars.com rebuildable repairable

2
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Modern Translation: CARS

Language Translations for "CARS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

makina me qira (self-drive cars for hire). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مجموعة سيارات (string of cars). (various references)

   

Danish

  

til person- og materialetransport bruges i brydningsrummenes tilkoerselsgallerier saavel monorail som vogne der ikke saa let loeber af sporet, de saakalde Strecken-kulis (for conveying men and materials in gate-roads, termed coolie cars, to use monorails and rail vehicles), personer der driver svaevebaner og skilifter (chair-lifts an other such mechanical units, operators of cable-cars), paa den underjordiske modtagelsesstation ved transportskakten skubbes kulvognene mekanisk ind i elevatorstolene (at the shaft landing, the cars are mechanically pushed into the cage, the underground marshalling yard), at fjernstyre kabelbaner, monorailbaner og Streckenkulier (monorail systems and coolie cars, radio control units for ropeways). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

op de laadplaats, het ondergrondse station, worden de mijnwagens mechanisch op de kooi gedrukt (at the shaft landing, the cars are mechanically pushed into the cage, the underground marshalling yard), exploitanten van kabelbanen en skiliften (chair-lifts an other such mechanical units, operators of cable-cars), draadloos besturen van kabelbanen, monorailbanen en Streckenkulis (monorail systems and coolie cars, radio control units for ropeways), bijzondere belasting op voertuigen met een motorvermogen van meer dan zestien paardekracht (special tax on private cars with engine rating for tax purposes exceeding sixteen horsepower). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

autot törmäsivät yhteen nokat vastakkain (the cars crashed head on), autojono (line of cars), autojen yleistyminen (the increasing frequency of cars). (various references)

   

French

  

voitures (of cars). (various references)

   

German

  

Wagen (baby carriage, bus, car, caravan, carriage, cart, coach, dare, dared, durst, hazard, machine, pram, railway carriage, risk, to risk, to take a chance, trolley, trollies, trolly, Van, vehicle, vehicular, venture, waggon, wagon, wain). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σειρά σταθμευμένων αυτοκινήτω (row of parked cars), φορείς εκμεταλλεύσεως τελεφερίκ και αναβατήρων (chair-lifts an other such mechanical units, operators of cable-cars), τα συγκρουόμενα αυτοκινητάκια (dodgem cars), τα συγκονόμενα αυτοκινητάκια (dodgem cars). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kocsisor (line of cars, rake), feltételes megállóhely (cars stop by request, request-stop). (various references)

   

Irish

  

carranna. (various references)

   

Italian

  

comandare per radio le teleferiche, le monorotaie e gli Streckenkulis (monorail systems and coolie cars, radio control units for ropeways), tassa speciale sulle vetture da turismo di potenza fiscale superiore a sedici cavalli vapore (special tax on private cars with engine rating for tax purposes exceeding sixteen horsepower), nella ricetta di fondo le berline sono ingabbiate meccanicamente (at the shaft landing, the cars are mechanically pushed into the cage, the underground marshalling yard), gestori di teleferiche e di impianti di risalita meccanica (chair-lifts an other such mechanical units, operators of cable-cars). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

配車 (allocation or dispatching of cars), 車輛 (number of cars, railroad cars, rolling stock, vehicles), 車の流れ (flow of cars), 車両 (railroad cars, rolling stock, vehicles), 玉突き　 (billiards, serial collisions of cars), 号車 (classifier for naming train cars), 増結 (adding train cars), エクリン腺 (a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels, eccrine gland, echo, echo back, eclair, ecocide, Ecole de Paris, ecological mark, ecology, econometrics, economic animal, economical, economics, economist, economy, economy class, ecosystem, executive, executive class, existence, exit). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぞうけつ (adding train cars, blood formation, blood making, hematopoiesis, hematosis, increase of blood), しゃりょう (number of cars, railroad cars, rolling stock, vehicles), くるまのながれ (flow of cars), ごうしゃ (classifier for naming train cars, extravagance, luxury, magnificence, village shrine), エコステーション (a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels), はいしゃ (allocation or dispatching of cars, decommissioned vehicle, dentist, giving thanks, loser, out of service vehicle, the defeated, vanquished). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arscay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

exploradores de teleféricos e de aparelhos mecânicos de elevação (chair-lifts an other such mechanical units, operators of cable-cars). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

прокат автомашин (self-drive cars for hire). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rent-a-car (self-drive cars for hire). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

los coches, automo/viles, carros, automóviles. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bilar (automobiles). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: CARS

Derivations

Words beginning with "CARS": carse, carses, carsick, carsickness, carsicknesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "CARS": boxcars, calcars, cyclecars, escars, flatcars, handcars, horsecars, lascars, minicars, motorcars, railcars, ricercars, scars, sidecars, soucars, sowcars, stockcars, streetcars, subvicars, supercars, tramcars, trocars, turbocars, vicars. (additional references)

Words containing "CARS": vicarship, vicarships. (additional references)


Misspellings

"CARS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acaras, Acars, acrss, Bcars, cacs, cagr, cags, Cahrc, Cairs, cais, cajra, cara, carb, carbs, Carc, cari, carj, carls, carlsb, carn, carns, carq, carrs, Carsa, Carsch, caru, carv, Carw, Carzo, cas, caur, caurs, caus, Cerfs, cers, cerys, cires, cirs, cirvs, clars, corrs, cors, cras, crs, csars, csr, csra, currs, cxr, icars, Kaars, Karsa, Kasr, kras. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CARS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "CARS" (pronounced kÄ"rz or kÄ"z)
4k Ä" r zminicars, scars.
3-Ä" r zAres, Barres, bars, bazaars, cigars, czars, gars, guitars, jars, Lars, Mars, pars, stars, superstars, Vars.
3k Ä" zcause, coz, Kaas.
2-Ä" zbaas, bras, Mas, pas, spas, vase, was.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: CARS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: arcs, scar.

Words within the letters "a-c-r-s"

-1 letter: arc, ars, car, ras, sac.

-2 letters: ar, as.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-r-s"
 

+1 letter: acres, arcus, carbs, cards, cares, carks, carls, carns, carps, carrs, carse, carts, chars, crabs, crags, crams, craps, crash, crass, craws, czars, escar, marcs, narcs, orcas, races, racks, sacra, scare, scarf, scarp, scars, scart, scary, scaur, scrag, scram, scrap, serac.

 

+2 letters: acarus, acorns, across, actors, arches, arecas, braces, brachs, bracts, cabers, cadres, caesar, cagers, cairds, cairns, caners, capers, capris, carats, carbos, carers, caress, carets, cargos, caries, carles, carobs, carols, caroms, carpus, carses, cartes, carves, casern, caster, castor, caters, causer, cavers, cedars, cerias, cesura, chairs, charas, chards, chares, charks, charms, charrs, charts, chaser, cigars, claros, clears, coarse, cobras, copras, corals, corsac, costar, craals, cracks, crafts, crakes, cramps, cranes, cranks, crapes, crases, crasis, crates, craves, crawls, crazes, creaks, creams, crease, creasy, crissa, crista, croaks, cymars, darics, ericas, escarp, escars, eschar, facers, farces, fracas, francs, graces, lacers, lascar, macers, macros, nacres, narcos, pacers, parsec, racers, rachis, racism, racist, racons, rances, rascal, reacts, recaps, recast, sacker, sacral, sacred, sacrum, saucer, scalar, scaler, scarab, scarce, scared, scarer, scares, scarey, scarfs, scarph, scarps, scarry, scarts, scaurs, sclera, scoria, scrags, scrams, scrape, scraps, scrawl, screak, scream, scrota, search, secpar, seracs, soucar, sowcar, spacer, starch, tarocs, traces, tracks, tracts, triacs, vicars, wracks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art 		9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction 		13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency 		17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Abbreviations 		21. Acronyms
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams 		25. Bibliography


  

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