chariot

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹi.ət/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɹɪjət/ (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹi.ət/ (US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi.ət/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾe.ət/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾi.ət/ Hyphenation: char‧i‧ot === Noun === chariot (plural chariots) A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare. Synonym: (dated) car A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes. (xiangqi) The rook piece. ==== Hyponyms ==== (Roman, 2-horse): biga (Roman, 3-horse): triga (Roman, 4-horse): quadriga ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== aurigal charret charrette (driver): charioteer ==== Translations ==== === Verb === chariot (third-person singular simple present chariots, present participle charioting, simple past and past participle charioted) (transitive, rare, poetic) To convey by, or as if by, chariot. (intransitive) To ride in a chariot. ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === Torahic, Torchia, haricot == French == === Alternative forms === charriot (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Old French chariot, from char or from charrier +‎ -ot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.ʁjo/ Rhymes: -jo === Noun === chariot m (plural chariots) A car/carriage or wagon carriage (of a computer printer) Le chariot de mon imprimante est bloqué ― My printer carriage is jammed. (North America) shopping cart Synonym: caddie ==== Derived terms ==== chariot élévateur === Further reading === “chariot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === haricot torchai