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• UK: /t͡ʃɑː/
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• US: /t͡ʃɑɹ/
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• US: [t͡ʃɑɹ]
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• US: [t͡ʃɑ˞]
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• UK: /ˈkæɹ/
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• UK: /kɛə/
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• UK: /kɑː/
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• US: /kɛɹ/
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Shortening (of personal names).

Back-formation from charcoal.

Unknown, perhaps from Celtic, such as Irish ceara (“fiery red”) (found in personal names). Or, perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German schar (“flounder, dab”), from Old Saxon skard, from Proto-Germanic *skardaz, related to *skeraną (“to cut”), referring to its shape. If so, related to shard.

From Middle English cherre (“odd job”), from Old English ċierr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from ċierran (“to turn, change, turn oneself, go, come, proceed, turn back, return, regard, translate, persuade, convert, be converted, agree to, submit, make to submit, reduce”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch keer (“a time, turn, occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn, bight, bend”) and kehren (“to sweep”) or umkehren (“to return or reverse”). More at chore, ajar.

Clipping of character. Used as the name of a data type in some programming languages, including notably C.

Non-rhotic spelling of cha.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: puuhiili — charred substance
• Finnish: hiili — charred substance
• German: Kohle — charred substance
• Greek: άνθρακας (ánthrakas) — charred substance
• Greek: κάρβουνο (kárvouno) — charred substance
• Macedonian: ја́глен (jáglen) — charred substance
• Polish: węgiel — charred substance
• Russian: у́голь (úgolʹ) — charred substance
• Spanish: tostón — charred substance
• Bulgarian: езерна пъстърва (ezerna pǎstǎrva) — fish
• Chinese Mandarin: 紅點鮭 /红点鲑 (hóngdiǎnguī) — fish
• Danish: rødding — fish
• Faroese: bleikja — fish
• Faroese: bleika — fish
• Finnish: puronieriä — fish
• Finnish: nieriä — fish
• French: omble — fish
• German: Saibling — fish
• German: Röötel — fish
• Hungarian: szaibling — fish
• Hungarian: szemling — fish
• Icelandic: bleikjuættkvísl — fish
• Italian: salmerino — fish
• Japanese: 岩魚 (iwana) — fish
• Polish: pstrąg źródlany — fish
• Russian: ручьева́я форе́ль (ručʹjevája forélʹ) — fish
• Russian: форе́ль (forélʹ) — fish
• Russian: пестру́шка (pestrúška) — fish
• Spanish: salvelino — fish
• Swedish: röding — fish
• Bulgarian: чистачка (čistačka) — cleaning woman
• Dutch: poetsvrouw — cleaning woman
• Dutch: werkster — cleaning woman
• Finnish: taloudenhoitaja — cleaning woman
• Finnish: siivooja — cleaning woman
• French: femme de ménage — cleaning woman
• French: bonne — cleaning woman
• German: Putzfrau — cleaning woman
• Greek: παραδουλεύτρα (paradouléftra) — cleaning woman
• Greek: καθαρίστρια (katharístria) — cleaning woman
• Italian: domestica — cleaning woman
• Macedonian: чи́стачка (čístačka) — cleaning woman
• Macedonian: изме́ќарка (izméḱarka) — cleaning woman
• Polish: sprzątaczka — cleaning woman
• Russian: убо́рщица (ubórščica) — cleaning woman
• Swedish: städerska — cleaning woman
• Portuguese: char — a character in programming
• Russian: чар (čar) — a character in programming
• Russian: чар (čar) — a player character in a game
• Russian: перс (pers) — a player character in a game
• Bulgarian: овъглявам (ovǎgljavam) — to burn something to charcoal
• Catalan: carbonitzar — to burn something to charcoal
• Chinese Mandarin: 烧焦 (shāojiāo) — to burn something to charcoal
• Dutch: verkolen — to burn something to charcoal
• Finnish: hiiltää — to burn something to charcoal
• French: carboniser — to burn something to charcoal
• Galician: carbonizar — to burn something to charcoal
• German: ankohlen — to burn something to charcoal
• German: verkohlen — to burn something to charcoal
• Greek: καρβουνιάζω (karvouniázo) — to burn something to charcoal
• Hungarian: elszenesít — to burn something to charcoal
• Hungarian: karbonizál — to burn something to charcoal
• Italian: carbonizzare — to burn something to charcoal
• Macedonian: јагле́ниса (jaglénisa) — to burn something to charcoal
• Polish: zwęglać — to burn something to charcoal
• Polish: zwęglić — to burn something to charcoal
• Polish: osmalać — to burn something to charcoal
• Polish: osmalić — to burn something to charcoal
• Portuguese: carbonizar — to burn something to charcoal
• Russian: обу́гливать (obúglivatʹ) — to burn something to charcoal
• Russian: обу́глить (obúglitʹ) — to burn something to charcoal
• Spanish: carbonizar — to burn something to charcoal
• Swedish: förkolna — to burn something to charcoal
• Bulgarian: обгарям (obgarjam) — to burn slightly
• Catalan: socarrar — to burn slightly
• Czech: ožehnout — to burn slightly
• Czech: opálit — to burn slightly
• Finnish: hiillyttää — to burn slightly
• Finnish: kärventää — to burn slightly
• German: ansengen — to burn slightly
• German: versengen — to burn slightly
• Macedonian: по́црни (pócrni) — to burn slightly
• Macedonian: по́гори (pógori) — to burn slightly
• Māori: ngunu — to burn slightly
• Māori: hunuhunu — to burn slightly
• Polish: opalać — to burn slightly
• Polish: opalić — to burn slightly
• Portuguese: chamuscar — to burn slightly
• Russian: чернить (černitʹ) — to burn slightly
• Russian: копти́ть (koptítʹ) — to burn slightly
• Russian: обжигать (obžigatʹ) — to burn slightly
• Russian: опалять (opaljatʹ) — to burn slightly
• Sanskrit: प्लोषति (ploṣati) — to burn slightly