Char Definition

chär
charr, charred, charring, charrs, chars
verb
charred, charring, chars
To work as a charwoman.
Webster's New World
To reduce to charcoal by burning.
Webster's New World
To burn slightly; scorch.
Webster's New World
To become scorched.
American Heritage
To become reduced to carbon or charcoal.
American Heritage
noun
chars
Anything charred; esp., charcoal.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A charwoman.
Webster's New World
Any of a genus (Salvelinus) of trouts with small scales and a red belly.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Character.
Webster's New World
Charter.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A nickname for Charlotte.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Char

Noun

Singular:
char
Plural:
chars

Origin of Char

  • From Middle English cherre (“odd job”), from Old English ċierr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from ċierran (“to turn, change, turn oneself, go, come, proceed, turn back, return, regard, translate, persuade, convert, be converted, agree to, submit, make to submit, reduce”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch keer (“a time, turn, occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn, bight, bend”), Greek γύρος (gýros, “a bout, whirl”), gyre. Compare Sanskrit "char" (to do), "kri" (to do), "kar" (to perform), and Persian کار (kar, “work”). More at chore, ajar.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English a piece of work from Old English cierr a turning

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Mandarin (chá), with intrusive r.

    From Wiktionary

  • Back-formation from charcoal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown, perhaps from Celtic.

    From Wiktionary

  • Back-formation from charcoal.

    From Wiktionary

  • Abbreviation of character.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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