chariot

From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”). Displaced native Old English hrædwæġn (literally “fast wagon”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹɪət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæɹiət/, /ˈt͡ʃɛɹiət/

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• Hyphenation: char‧i‧ot

chariot (plural chariots)

1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.

   Synonym: (dated) car

2. A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
3. (xiangqi) The rook piece.

• (Roman, 2-horse): biga
• (Roman, 3-horse): triga
• (Roman, 4-horse): quadriga

• aurigal
• charret
• charrette
• (driver): charioteer

chariot (third-person singular simple present chariots, present participle charioting, simple past and past participle charioted)

1. (transitive, rare, poetic) To convey by, or as if by, chariot.
2. (intransitive) To ride in a chariot.

• Torahic, Torchia, haricot

• charriot (post-1990 spelling)

Inherited from Old French chariot, from char or from charrier +‎ -ot.

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ʁjo/

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• Rhymes: -jo

chariot m (plural chariots)

1. A car/carriage or wagon
2. carriage (of a computer printer)

   chariot bloqué

3. (North America) shopping cart

   Synonym: caddie

• chariot élévateur

• “chariot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• haricot
• torchai