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See also: çars

English

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Noun

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cars

  1. plural of car

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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cars

  1. masculine plural of car (expensive)

Etymology 2

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cars

  1. plural of car (foreyard)

French

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cars m

  1. plural of car

Latvian

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 cars on Latvian Wikipedia
 
Cars Pēteris Lielais (1682-1721)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ, tsar), itself a borrowing, ultimately from Latin Caesar; cf. the parallel form ķeizars (emperor).

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cars m (1st declension, feminine form: cariene)

  1. tsar (male monarch of the Russian empire (especially before 1721); his title)
    Synonyms: imperators, karalis, ķeizars, (dated term) ķēniņš
    cars Pēteris LielaisTsar Peter the Great
    cara valdība, monarhijathe tsar's government, monarchy
    cara galmsthe tsar's court
    cara tronisthe tsar's throne
    cara laikāin the time of the tsar

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Officially, the title of cars in Russia was replaced with imperators in 1721, though the word cars, in Latvian as in other languages, continued to be popularly used to refer to the rulers of the Russian Empire.

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