cart

cart

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cart"

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Old Norse kartrbor.
Proto-Germanic *kradô
Proto-West Germanic *krat
Old English crætder.
Middle English cart
English cart

    From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”),[1] 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)

    1. 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
      The grocer delivered his goods by cart.
      • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
        We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.
    2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
    3. (Internet) A shopping cart.

    Hyponyms
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → Japanese: カート (kāto)
    • → Korean: 카트 (kateu)
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    Verb

    cart (third-person singular simple present carts, present participle carting, simple past and past participle carted)

    1. (transitive) To carry or convey in a cart.
    2. (transitive, informal) To carry goods.
      I've been carting these things around all day.
    3. (transitive) To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
      • 2001, Donald Spoto, chapter 2, in Marilyn Monroe: The Biography, page 18:
        On August 4, 1927, Della was carted away to the Norwalk State Hospital, suffering from acute myocarditis
      • 2012, Lindsay Rae, Ashley Clements, Sarah Marland, World Poverty for Dummies, →ISBN:
        Africans themselves practised slavery and an organised trade carted off African slaves to Middle Eastern countries while Europeans were still huddling in caves.
      • 2012, Paul Lee, Vignettes, →ISBN, page 197:
        Everything was carted off to the dump by Buddy.
    4. (transitive, obsolete) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
      • 1708, Matthew Prior, Paulo Purganti and His Wife:
        She to intrigues was ev'n hard hearted: She chuckled when a bawd was carted
    Translations

    References

    1. ^ Etymology in Merriam-Webster's dictionay

    Etymology 2

    Clipping of cartridge.

    Noun

    cart (plural carts) (informal)

    1. (radio) A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
    2. (computing, video games) A cartridge for a computer or video game system.
      My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.
    3. (slang) A cartridge containing cannabis oil or another drug for use in vape pens; a detachable clearomizer, usually threaded and prefilled.
      Whoah! Where did you get a DMT cart?
      • 2022 June 23, Christina Caron, quoting Elysse, “Teens Are Getting Sick From Products With High THC Levels”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 December 2023:
        Elysse got sober before entering college but soon found that seemingly everyone on her dorm floor habitually used weed. ¶ "Not only carts," she said, referring to the cannabis cartridges used in vape pens, "but bongs, pipes, bowls — absolutely everything."
      • 2023 March 17, Danielle Guercio, “How to Unclog a Vape Pen”, in Lifehacker‎[2], archived from the original on 22 December 2023:
        Vapes are a relatively new innovation, and at this point, the process of feeding cannabis oil to a heat source creates a few challenges for devices like disposable carts to overcome.
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    Irish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Middle Irish cartaid (“to expel, drive off”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *kartati.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɑɾˠt̪ˠ/, /kaɾˠt̪ˠ/

    Verb

    cart (present analytic cartann, future analytic cartfaidh, verbal noun cartadh, past participle carta)

    1. to clear away (dispose of, get rid of)
    2. to scrape clean
    3. to tan (turn animal hide into leather)
    4. to scavenge (feed on carrion or refuse)
    5. (Ulster) to clean, cleanse

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of cart (first conjugation – A)
    indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present cartaim cartann tú;
    cartair†     		cartann sé, sí cartaimid; cartann muid cartann sibh cartann siad;
    cartaid†     		a chartann; a chartas cartar
    past chart mé; chartas chart tú; chartais chart sé, sí chartamar; chart muid chart sibh; chartabhair chart siad; chartadar a chart cartadh
    past habitual chartainn /
    cartainn‡     		chartá /
    cartᇠ    		chartadh sé, sí /
    cartadh sé, sí‡     		chartaimis; chartadh muid /
    cartaimis‡; cartadh muid‡     		chartadh sibh /
    cartadh sibh‡     		chartaidís; chartadh siad /
    cartaidís‡; cartadh siad‡     		a chartadh chartaí /
    cartaí‡
    singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    future cartfaidh mé;
    cartfad     		cartfaidh tú;
    cartfair†     		cartfaidh sé, sí cartfaimid;
    cartfaidh muid     		cartfaidh sibh cartfaidh siad;
    cartfaid†     		a chartfaidh; a chartfas cartfar
    conditional chartfainn /
    cartfainn‡     		chartfá /
    cartfᇠ    		chartfadh sé, sí /
    cartfadh sé, sí‡     		chartfaimis; chartfadh muid /
    cartfaimis‡; cartfadh muid‡     		chartfadh sibh /
    cartfadh sibh‡     		chartfaidís; chartfadh siad /
    cartfaidís‡; cartfadh siad‡     		a chartfadh chartfaí /
    cartfaí‡
    subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present go gcarta mé;
    go gcartad†     		go gcarta tú;
    go gcartair†     		go gcarta sé, sí go gcartaimid;
    go gcarta muid     		go gcarta sibh go gcarta siad;
    go gcartaid†     		— go gcartar
    past dá gcartainn dá gcartá dá gcartadh sé, sí dá gcartaimis;
    dá gcartadh muid     		dá gcartadh sibh dá gcartaidís;
    dá gcartadh siad     		— dá gcartaí
    imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    — cartaim cart cartadh sé, sí cartaimis cartaigí;
    cartaidh†     		cartaidís — cartar
    past participle carta
    verbal noun cartadh

    † archaic or dialect form
    ‡ dependent form

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of cart
    radical lenition eclipsis
    cart chart gcart

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

    1. ^ “cart”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
    2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cartaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

    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)

    1. go-cart

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative cart cartul carturi carturile
    genitive-dative cart cartului carturi carturilor
    vocative cartule carturilor

    Welsh

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English cart.

    Noun

    cart m (plural certi or ceirt)

    1. (South Wales) cart (two-wheeled vehicle)
      Synonym: (North Wales) trol

    Derived terms

    • (four-wheeled vehicle) men, wagen (“wagon”)

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of cart
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    cart gart nghart chart

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    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
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