Meanings
nounchariot (plural chariots)
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.
- board gamesThe rook piece.
verbchariot (third-person singular simple present chariots, present participle charioting, simple past and past participle charioted)
present singular third person chariots · participle present charioting · participle past charioted · past charioted
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós
- Proto-Celtic*karros“wagon”
- Gaulish*karros
- Latincarrus“wagon”
- Old Frenchchariot
- Middle Englishchariot
- Englishchariot
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἅρμα, δίφρος
- ἅρμα (hárma)vehicle used in warfare
- δίφρος (díphros)vehicle used in warfare
- λαμπήνη (lampḗnē)vehicle used in warfare
- ὄχος (ókhos)vehicle used in warfare
- ὄχεα (ókhea)vehicle used in warfare
Arabic عَرَبَة
- عَرَبَة (ʕaraba)vehicle used in warfare
Basque guda-gurdi
- guda-gurdivehicle used in warfare
Bengali রথ
- রথ (roth)vehicle used in warfare
Bulgarian колесни́ца
- колесни́ца (kolesníca)vehicle used in warfare
Catalan carro, carro
- carrovehicle used in warfare
- carrocarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
- carruatgecarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
- carrossacarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Chinese Mandarin 雙輪戰車 /双轮战车, 戰車 /战车
- 雙輪戰車 /双轮战车 (shuāng lún zhànchē)vehicle used in warfare
- 戰車 /战车 (zhànchē)vehicle used in warfare
- 馬戰車 /马战车 (mǎzhànchē)vehicle used in warfare
- 馬車 /马车 (mǎchē)vehicle used in warfare
Czech válečný vůz, vůz
- válečný vůzvehicle used in warfare
- vůzvehicle used in warfare
Danish stridsvogn
- stridsvognvehicle used in warfare
Dutch strijdwagen
- strijdwagenvehicle used in warfare
Esperanto armea ĉaro, ĉaro
- armea ĉarovehicle used in warfare
- ĉarocarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Finnish sotavaunut, juhlavaunut
- sotavaunutvehicle used in warfare
- juhlavaunutcarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
French char (de guerre), charriot
- char (de guerre)vehicle used in warfare
- charriotvehicle used in warfare
German Streitwagen, Triumphwagen
- Streitwagenvehicle used in warfare
- Triumphwagencarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Greek άρμα
- άρμα (árma)vehicle used in warfare
Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה
- מֶרְכָּבָה (merkavá)vehicle used in warfare
Hindi रथ, रथ
- रथ (rath)vehicle used in warfare
- रथ (rath)carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Indonesian cikar
- cikarvehicle used in warfare
Irish carbad
- carbadvehicle used in warfare
Italian biga, cocchio
- bigavehicle used in warfare
- cocchiocarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
- carrozzacarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Japanese 戦車, チャリオット
- 戦車 (sensha)vehicle used in warfare
- チャリオット (chariotto)vehicle used in warfare
- 馬車 (basha)vehicle used in warfare
Korean 전차, 마차
- 전차 (jeoncha)vehicle used in warfare
- 마차 (macha)vehicle used in warfare
Latin currus, curriculum
- currusvehicle used in warfare
- curriculumvehicle used in warfare
- essedumvehicle used in warfare
- rotavehicle used in warfare
- quadrīgaevehicle used in warfare
- pīlentumcarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Malay cikar
- cikarvehicle used in warfare
Māori hāriata
- hāriatavehicle used in warfare
Norwegian Bokmål stridsvogn
- stridsvognvehicle used in warfare
Persian گردونه, ارابه
- گردونه (gardune)vehicle used in warfare
- ارابه (arâbe)vehicle used in warfare
- غرده (ġarde)vehicle used in warfare
- ری (rayy)vehicle used in warfare
Polish rydwan, kareta
- rydwanvehicle used in warfare
- karetacarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
- karocacarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Portuguese biga, charrete
- bigavehicle used in warfare
- charretecarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
- carruagemcarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Romanian bigă, car de luptă
- bigăvehicle used in warfare
- car de luptăvehicle used in warfare
Russian колесни́ца, каре́та
- колесни́ца (kolesníca)vehicle used in warfare
- каре́та (karéta)carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Scottish Gaelic carbad
- carbadvehicle used in warfare
Slovak voz
- vozvehicle used in warfare
Spanish cuadriga, biga
- cuadrigavehicle used in warfare
- bigavehicle used in warfare
- carro [de guerra]vehicle used in warfare
Swedish stridsvagn, häststridsvagn
- stridsvagnvehicle used in warfare
- häststridsvagnvehicle used in warfare
Tagalog karo
- karovehicle used in warfare
Tamil தேர், இரதம்
- தேர் (tēr)vehicle used in warfare
- இரதம் (iratam)vehicle used in warfare
- தேர் (tēr)carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
Thai รถ
- รถ (rót)vehicle used in warfare
Turkish savaş arabası
- savaş arabasıvehicle used in warfare
Ukrainian колісни́ця
- колісни́ця (kolisnýcja)vehicle used in warfare
Urdu رتھ
- رتھ (rath)vehicle used in warfare
Vietnamese chiếc xe, xe
- chiếc xevehicle used in warfare
- xevehicle used in warfare
Welsh cerbyd, cerbyd
- cerbydvehicle used in warfare
- cerbydcarriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes
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APA
chariot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chariot
MLA
“chariot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chariot. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chariot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chariot.
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