carriage automobile, car 24 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 23528)
type Polysemy
language Chukchee
lexeme ковлёргоор, ковлёрвоор
meaning 1 cart (a simple, open four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for transporting cargo and/or people)
direction
meaning 2 automobile
reference Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 53
comment

Also 'tractor'

ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 23630)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme kola
meaning 1 carriage

borna kola


battle chariot

direction
meaning 2 automobile

luksuzna kola, sportska kola


luxury car, sports car

reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 17300)
type Semantic evolution
language English
lexeme car
meaning 1 (dated) a wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot. He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled Like holy Phoebus’ car. ( William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene 8)
direction
meaning 2 wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver She drove her car to the mall.
reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 17312)
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme char
meaning 1 chariot, carriage
direction
meaning 2 (Acadian French, New Brunswick, Quebec, Louisiana, Cajun French, Missouri) car, auto
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 17306)
type Semantic evolution
language French
lexeme voiture
meaning 1 (historical) car (wheeled vehicle usually pulled by a horse)
direction
meaning 2 car (motorized vehicle)
reference CNRTL Robert historique
comment From Latin vectura 'transpontation', 'wagon'
NEW Realization 6 (ID: 51072)
type Borrowing
language 1 French
language 2 Algerian Arabic
lexeme 1 carrosse
lexeme 2 kaṛṛōṣa, kāṛūṣa, karrūṣa, karroussa, kaṛṛōṣa, karossa
meaning 1 carriage (luxury horse-drawn vehicle)
direction
meaning 2 automobile, car
reference WAD: II, 428
comment
NEW Realization 7 (ID: 51073)
type Borrowing
language 1 French
language 2 Tunisian Arabic
lexeme 1 char-à-bancs
lexeme 2 karhba (كرهبة)
meaning 1 charabanc
direction
meaning 2 automobile, car
reference English Wiktionary WAD: II, 428
comment

Likely from French carabas, itself a contraction of char-à-bancs. Could also be from Italian carrabile

NEW Realization 8 (ID: 51074)
type Borrowing
language 1 French
language 2 Libyan Arabic
lexeme 1 char-à-bancs
lexeme 2 karhba (كرهبة)
meaning 1 charabanc
direction
meaning 2 (dated) automobile, car
reference WAD: II, 428 English Wiktionary
comment

Likely from French carabas, itself a contraction of char-à-bancs. Could also be from Italian carrabile

NEW Realization 9 (ID: 51075)
type Borrowing
language 1 French
language 2 Algerian Arabic
lexeme 1 char-à-bancs
lexeme 2 krāhәb
meaning 1 charabanc
direction
meaning 2 (pl.) automobile, car
reference WAD: II, 428
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 17304)
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Wagen
meaning 1 cart (drawn by a person, by horses, by oxen, etc)
direction
meaning 2 automobile
reference DWDS
comment From Middle High German wagen, from Old High German wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn.
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 51071)
type Borrowing
language 1 Italian
language 2 Maltese
lexeme 1 carrozza
lexeme 2 karrozza
meaning 1 carriage
direction
meaning 2 automobile, car
reference WAD: II, 428
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 38044)
type Polysemy
language Malay
lexeme kĕreta
meaning 1 carriage
direction
meaning 2 automobile
reference SEALang Malay
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NEW Realization 13 (ID: 51078)
type Borrowing
language 1 Omani Arabic
language 2 Ki-Nubi (Nubi)
lexeme 1 gāri (قاري)
lexeme 2 gári
meaning 1 carriage
direction
meaning 2 automobile, car
reference WAD: II, 429
comment
NEW Realization 14 (ID: 51079)
type Borrowing
language 1 Omani Arabic
language 2 Swahili
lexeme 1 gāri (قاري)
lexeme 2 gari
meaning 1 carriage
direction
meaning 2 automobile, car
reference English Wiktionary
comment

Through Persian gārī / gâri (گاری). Or directly from Hindustani (Hindi गाड़ी (gāṛī) / Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī))

 Brook, Zev (2022), “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎, volume 10, number 1, page 4 of 1-10: “Whatever the exact realization, /g/ in the donor dialect was clearly somewhat palatal and equated with the native Swahili phoneme /ɟ ~ dʒ/ by Africans. Two notable exceptions are gari ‘car’ (from OAr gāri) and gunia ‘sack’ (from OAr gūnyje norm. gūnīye).”

NEW Realization 15 (ID: 51065)
type Borrowing
language 1 Ottoman Turkish
language 2 Egyptian Arabic
lexeme 1 araba (عربه)
lexeme 2 arabiyyah
meaning 1 carriage, usually or traditionally two-wheeled
direction
meaning 2 (dialect) automobile, car
reference WAD: II, 428
comment
NEW Realization 16 (ID: 51066)
type Borrowing
language 1 Ottoman Turkish
language 2 Sudanese Arabic
lexeme 1 araba (عربه)
lexeme 2 arabīye, arabīya, arabiyya, arabiyya, arabíya
meaning 1 carriage
direction
meaning 2 (dialect) automobile, car
reference WAD: II, 428
comment
NEW Realization 17 (ID: 51067)
type Borrowing
language 1 Ottoman Turkish
language 2 Anatolian Arabic
lexeme 1 araba (عربه)
lexeme 2 araba, arabāy, arabī
meaning 1 carriage
direction
meaning 2 automobile, car
reference WAD: II, 428
comment
NEW Realization 18 (ID: 48813)
type Polysemy
language Rengao
lexeme xe
meaning 1 carriage

xe kapò̀


buffalo cart

direction
meaning 2 automobile

xe jip


Jeep

reference Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 161
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 23629)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme кола (kola)
meaning 1 carriage

Grmljavina je tutnjava njegovih kola, kojima se on vozi po nebu i oblacima.


Thunder is the rumble of his chariot that he drives through the sky and clouds.

direction
meaning 2 automobile

Četri sata je izjutra, parkiram kola i ulazim u kuću.


It's four in the morning, I park my car and enter the house

reference CLARIN.SI
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NEW Realization 20 (ID: 48594)
type Polysemy
language Somali
lexeme gaari
meaning 1 cart
direction
meaning 2 automobile
reference Alejnikov 2012: 118
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 17302)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme carro
meaning 1 cart
direction
meaning 2 (especially in Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and all of Mexico except Central Mexico)) automobile
reference DRAE
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ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 17309)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme coche
meaning 1 carriage, coach (a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
direction
meaning 2 (chiefly Spain, Mexico) car (a wheeled vehicle that moves independently) Mi coche tiene una avería
My car has broken down.
reference DRAE
comment
NEW Realization 23 (ID: 41820)
type Polysemy
language Yuwaalaraay
lexeme wilbaarr
meaning 1 cart
direction
meaning 2 car
reference Ash et al. 2003: 142
comment
NEW Realization 24 (ID: 41821)
type Polysemy
language Yuwaalayaay
lexeme wilbaarr
meaning 1 cart
direction
meaning 2 car
reference Ash et al. 2003: 142
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