chariot
Syllables: char·i·otUK/ˈt͡ʃæɹi.ət/
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British/ˈt͡ʃaɹɪjət/
chariot noun: a two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
Noun
chariot (plural chariots)
- A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
- The warriors rode into battle on a horse-drawn chariot.
- Synonyms:
- car
- A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
- The rook piece.
Verb
chariot (third-person singular simple present chariots, present participle charioting, simple past and past participle charioted)
chariot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
chariot in Hindi
- vehicle used in warfare
- रथ rath
- carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
- रथ rath
chariot in Tamil
- vehicle used in warfare
- தேர் tēr, இரதம் iratam
- carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
- தேர் tēr
chariot in Marathi
- vehicle used in warfare
- रथ rath
chariot in Urdu
- vehicle used in warfare
- رتھ rath
More languagesFewer languages
- chariot in Bengali
- রথ roth
- chariot in Telugu
- రథం rathaṁ
- chariot in Malayalam
- രഥം rathaṁ, തേര് tērŭ
- chariot in Kannada
- ರಥ ratha, ತೇರು tēru
- chariot in Punjabi
- ਰੱਥ, ਰਥ
- chariot in Gujarati
- રથ rath
- chariot in Odia
- ରଥ
- chariot in Sanskrit
- रथ ratha
- chariot in Assamese
- ৰথ roth
- chariot in Nepali
- रथ
- chariot in Tagalog
- karo
- chariot in Arabic
- عَرَبَة ʕaraba
- chariot in Malay
- cikar
- chariot in Indonesian
- cikar
- chariot in Persian
- گردونه gardune, ارابه arâbe, غرده ġarde, ری rayy
- chariot in Thai
- รถ rót
- chariot in Vietnamese
- chiếc xe, xe
- chariot in Myanmar
- ရထား ra.hta:
Examples of chariot in a sentence
- Chariots scyth'd, on thundering axles rolled.
- England were not allowed to give their chariot the momentum it had a week ago.
- Petronius writes of a female essedaria, a gladiatress, fighting from a British chariot.
Synonyms of chariot
Forms of chariot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chariots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chariots |
| present participle | charioting |
| past participle | charioted |
| past | charioted |
Origin of chariot
From 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”).
Words formed from chariot
Questions about chariot
- What does chariot mean?
- Chariot means a two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
- What is chariot in Hindi?
- Chariot in Hindi is रथ (rath). See Chariot meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chariot?
- Chariot can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce chariot?
- Chariot is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæɹi.ət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chariot?
- The plural of chariot is chariots.
Words near chariot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chariot (page history and authors); ತೇರು (Kannada) (page history and authors); chariot (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); રથ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); chariot (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chariot (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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