cars

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːz/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

cars

1. plural of car

• RACs, arcs, ascr., csar, sacr-, sarc-, scar

cars

1. masculine plural of car

cars

1. plural of car

cars m

1. plural of car

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)

   cars Pēteris Lielais ― Tsar Peter the Great

   cara valdība, monarhija ― the tsar's government, monarchy

   cara galms ― the tsar's court

   cara tronis ― the tsar's throne

   cara laikā ― in the time of the tsar

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.

• imperators
• karalis
• ķeizars
• (dated term) ķēniņš

• carisks
• cariste
• carisms