Standard Lemma guide

chara

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: CH AA1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

A surname from Spanish Chará.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

A surname from Slovak Chára or Czech Chára.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A river in Yakutia, Russia; Russian Ча́ра (Čára)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chara River, River Chara

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

Ellipsis of Chara language, a language found in Ethiopia (ISO 639-3: cra).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

name

Meaning 5

Ellipsis of Chara people, an ethnic group found in Ethiopia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Charas

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 6

A green alga of the genus Chara.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muskgrass

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Shortened form of charabanc

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

noun

Meaning 8

green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genus Chara

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protoctist genus

History

Etymology

From translingual/New Latin Chara.