charge
/ˈtʃɑːdʒ/CHAHRJ
/ˈtʃɑɹdʒ/CHAHRJ
Meaningto load a cart
Common meaning: a load
Other meanings: a price; to rush at
- chara four-wheeled cartLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 295 · scan
- geFrench ending from Latin -icare: to make or put
Journey through time
- Latincarrus‘a four-wheeled cart’
- Middle Englishchargensource
- Englishcharge‘a load’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin carrus ‘a four-wheeled cart’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry carrus, p. 104 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CAREER, p. 94 · dictionary scan
Roots
- carrus Latin “a four-wheeled cart”
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