chariot
A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfareA two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
» The chariot will depart now to go to the market.
Зараз колесниця вирушить, щоб вийти на ринок.
Meaning
3 sensesA two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
The warriors rode into battle on a horse-drawn chariot.
Streitwagen
колесни́цаkolesníca
колісни́цяkolisnýcja
a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome
A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
Triumphwagen
каре́таkaréta
a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage
The rook piece.
Examples
21 sentencesThe chariot will depart now to go to the market.
Зараз колесниця вирушить, щоб вийти на ринок.
Cyrus leaps down from his chariot.
This was particularly true of chariot racing.
Performers in chariots rode through the streets.
In a swift chariot he crosses the ranks.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carruFrom 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”).
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