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== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑːt/ (General American) enPR: kärt, IPA(key): /kɑɹt/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t === Etymology 1 === From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”), merged with native Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”). ==== Noun ==== cart (plural carts) A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers. Coordinate term: (usually with four wheels on two axles) wagon A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart. (Internet) A shopping cart. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Japanese: カート (kāto) → Korean: 카트 (kateu) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== cart (third-person singular simple present carts, present participle carting, simple past and past participle carted) (transitive) To carry or convey in a cart. (transitive, informal) To carry goods. (transitive) To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal. (transitive, obsolete) To expose in a cart by way of punishment. ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of cartridge. ==== Noun ==== cart (plural carts) (informal) (radio) A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements. (computing, video games) A cartridge for a computer or video game system. (slang) A cartridge containing cannabis oil or another drug for use in vape pens; a detachable clearomizer, usually threaded and prefilled. ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === C-rat, -crat, TCRA, RACT, crat == Irish == === Alternative forms === cartaigh, cartáil, scart, scartáil cartuigh, sgart, sgartáil (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle Irish cartaid (“to expel, drive off”), from Proto-Celtic *kartati. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑɾˠt̪ˠ/, /kaɾˠt̪ˠ/ === Verb === cart (present analytic cartann, future analytic cartfaidh, verbal noun cartadh, past participle carta) to clear away (dispose of, get rid of) to scrape clean to tan (turn animal hide into leather) to scavenge (feed on carrion or refuse) (Ulster) to clean, cleanse ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cartaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 120 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English kart. === Noun === cart n (plural carturi) go-cart ==== Declension ==== == Welsh == === Alternative forms === cert === Etymology === Borrowed from English cart. === Noun === cart m (plural certi or ceirt) (South Wales) cart (two-wheeled vehicle) Synonym: (North Wales) trol ==== Derived terms ==== bant â'r cart (“off we go”) ==== Related terms ==== (four-wheeled vehicle) men, wagen (“wagon”) ==== Mutation ==== === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cart”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies