chariot

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæɹi.ət/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈt͡ʃaɹɪjət/
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• General-American: /ˈt͡ʃæɹi.ət/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi.ət/ US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• Scotland: /ˈt͡ʃaɾe.ət/
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• Wales: /ˈt͡ʃaɾi.ət/
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• CMU ARPABET: CH EH1 R IY0 AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), itself borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós. Displaced native Old English hrædwæġn (literally “fast wagon”).

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akkadian: narkabtum — vehicle used in warfare
• Amharic: ሰረገላ (särägäla) — vehicle used in warfare
• Arabic: عَرَبَة (ʕaraba) — vehicle used in warfare
• Armenian: մարտակառք (martakaṙkʻ) — vehicle used in warfare
• Assamese: ৰথ (roth) — vehicle used in warfare
• Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (raθa) — vehicle used in warfare
• Azerbaijani: araba — vehicle used in warfare
• Basque: guda-gurdi — vehicle used in warfare
• Belarusian: калясні́ца (kaljasníca) — vehicle used in warfare
• Bengali: রথ (roth) — vehicle used in warfare
• Bulgarian: колесни́ца (kolesníca) — vehicle used in warfare
• Burmese: ရထား (ra.hta:) — vehicle used in warfare
• Catalan: carro — vehicle used in warfare
• Chinese Mandarin: 雙輪戰車 /双轮战车 (shuāng lún zhànchē) — vehicle used in warfare
• Chinese Mandarin: 戰車 /战车 (zhànchē) — vehicle used in warfare
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬戰車 /马战车 (mǎzhànchē) — vehicle used in warfare
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬車 /马车 (mǎchē) — vehicle used in warfare
• Coptic: ⲃⲣϭⲟⲟⲩⲧ (brcoout) — vehicle used in warfare
• Coptic: ϩⲁⲣⲙⲁ (harma) — vehicle used in warfare
• Czech: válečný vůz — vehicle used in warfare
• Czech: vůz — vehicle used in warfare
• Danish: stridsvogn — vehicle used in warfare
• Dutch: strijdwagen — vehicle used in warfare
• Egyptian: m:D40-E23*Z1:k-A-b-W-ti-i-M3 (mrkbt) — vehicle used in warfare
• Egyptian: wr:r-r-i-i-t-T17 (wrryt) — vehicle used in warfare
• Esperanto: armea ĉaro — vehicle used in warfare
• Finnish: sotavaunut — vehicle used in warfare
• French: char (de guerre) — vehicle used in warfare
• French: charriot — vehicle used in warfare
• Galician: biga — vehicle used in warfare
• Georgian: ეტლი (eṭli) — vehicle used in warfare
• German: Streitwagen — vehicle used in warfare
• Greek: άρμα (árma) — vehicle used in warfare
• Ancient Greek: ἅρμα (hárma) — vehicle used in warfare
• Ancient Greek: δίφρος (díphros) — vehicle used in warfare
• Ancient Greek: λαμπήνη (lampḗnē) — vehicle used in warfare
• Ancient Greek: ὄχος (ókhos) — vehicle used in warfare
• Ancient Greek: ὄχεα (ókhea) — vehicle used in warfare
• Hebrew: מֶרְכָּבָה (merkavá) — vehicle used in warfare
• Hindi: रथ (rath) — vehicle used in warfare
• Ido: charo — vehicle used in warfare
• Indonesian: cikar — vehicle used in warfare
• Irish: carbad — vehicle used in warfare
• Italian: biga — vehicle used in warfare
• Japanese: 戦車 (sensha) — vehicle used in warfare
• Japanese: チャリオット (chariotto) — vehicle used in warfare
• Japanese: 馬車 (basha) — vehicle used in warfare
• Kazakh: арба (arba) — vehicle used in warfare
• Khmer: រថ (rŭət) — vehicle used in warfare
• Khmer: រទេះ (rɔɔrɔteh) — vehicle used in warfare
• Korean: 전차 (jeoncha) — vehicle used in warfare
• Korean: 마차 (macha) — vehicle used in warfare
• Kyrgyz: араба (araba) — vehicle used in warfare
• Lao: ສັນທະນະ (san tha na) — vehicle used in warfare
• Lao: ລົດ (lot) — vehicle used in warfare
• Latin: currus — vehicle used in warfare
• Latin: curriculum — vehicle used in warfare
• Latin: essedum — vehicle used in warfare
• Latin: rota — vehicle used in warfare
• Latin: quadrīgae — vehicle used in warfare
• Macedonian: ко́чија (kóčija) — vehicle used in warfare
• Macedonian: дво́колка (dvókolka) — vehicle used in warfare
• Macedonian: бо́јна ко́ла (bójna kóla) — vehicle used in warfare
• Malay: cikar — vehicle used in warfare
• Malayalam: രഥം (rathaṁ) — vehicle used in warfare
• Malayalam: തേര് (tērŭ) — vehicle used in warfare
• Māori: hāriata — vehicle used in warfare
• Marathi: रथ (rath) — vehicle used in warfare
• Mon: ရထာပၞာန် — vehicle used in warfare
• Mon: ကွဳပၞာန် — vehicle used in warfare
• Norwegian Bokmål: stridsvogn — vehicle used in warfare
• Old Church Slavonic: возъ (vozŭ) — vehicle used in warfare
• Old English: hrædwæġn — vehicle used in warfare
• Old Norse: reið — vehicle used in warfare
• Pali: ratha — vehicle used in warfare
• Persian: گردونه (gardune) — vehicle used in warfare
• Persian: ارابه (arâbe) — vehicle used in warfare
• Persian: غرده (ġarde) — vehicle used in warfare
• Persian: ری (rayy) — vehicle used in warfare
• Middle Persian: 𐫡𐫍𐫏 (rah) — vehicle used in warfare
• Polish: rydwan — vehicle used in warfare
• Portuguese: biga — vehicle used in warfare
• Romanian: bigă — vehicle used in warfare
• Romanian: car de luptă — vehicle used in warfare
• Russian: колесни́ца (kolesníca) — vehicle used in warfare
• Sanskrit: रथ (ratha) — vehicle used in warfare
• Scottish Gaelic: carbad — vehicle used in warfare
• Serbo-Croatian: двоколица — vehicle used in warfare
• Serbo-Croatian: кочије — vehicle used in warfare
• Serbo-Croatian: dvokolica — vehicle used in warfare
• Serbo-Croatian: kočije — vehicle used in warfare
• Slovak: voz — vehicle used in warfare
• Slovene: voz — vehicle used in warfare
• Spanish: cuadriga — vehicle used in warfare
• Spanish: biga — vehicle used in warfare
• Spanish: carro [de guerra] — vehicle used in warfare
• Swedish: stridsvagn — vehicle used in warfare
• Swedish: häststridsvagn — vehicle used in warfare
• Tagalog: karo — vehicle used in warfare
• Tajik: ароба (aroba) — vehicle used in warfare
• Tamil: தேர் (tēr) — vehicle used in warfare
• Tamil: இரதம் (iratam) — vehicle used in warfare
• Telugu: రథం (rathaṁ) — vehicle used in warfare
• Thai: รถ (rót) — vehicle used in warfare
• Turkish: savaş arabası — vehicle used in warfare
• Ottoman Turkish: قاكلی (kañlı) — vehicle used in warfare
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎗𐎋𐎁𐎚 (mrkbt) — vehicle used in warfare
• Ukrainian: колісни́ця (kolisnýcja) — vehicle used in warfare
• Urdu: رتھ (rath) — vehicle used in warfare
• Uzbek: jang aravasi — vehicle used in warfare
• Uzbek: arava — vehicle used in warfare
• Vietnamese: chiếc xe — vehicle used in warfare
• Vietnamese: xe — vehicle used in warfare
• Welsh: cerbyd — vehicle used in warfare
• Burmese: ရထား (ra.hta:) — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Catalan: carro — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Catalan: carruatge — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Catalan: carrossa — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Esperanto: ĉaro — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Finnish: juhlavaunut — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• German: Triumphwagen — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Hindi: रथ (rath) — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Ido: charo — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Italian: cocchio — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Italian: carrozza — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Latin: pīlentum — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Macedonian: каре́та (karéta) — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Malayalam: രഥം (rathaṁ) — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Old Norse: reið — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Polish: kareta — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Polish: karoca — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Portuguese: charrete — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Portuguese: carruagem — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Russian: каре́та (karéta) — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Tamil: தேர் (tēr) — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Telugu: రథం (rathaṁ) — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
• Welsh: cerbyd — carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes