char
French, noun/ʃaʁ/
char is spelled C-H-A-R (4 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written French, the 6,944th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Char is a French masculine noun meaning “chariot, carriage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chariot élevé”.
What does char mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechariot, carriage
- 2
masculinefloat
- 3
masculinetank
- 4
masculinecar, automobile
- 5
masculinetrain
- 6
masculinetrain car, coach
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chariot élevé. 2. Véhicule hippomobile à deux roues utilisé dans l’Antiquité. 3. Véhicule militaire armé, blindé et motorisé dont l'équipage embarqué se compose de plusieurs soldats. 4. Ellipse de char allégorique, véhicule décoré ou thématique lors de fêtes ou carnavals.
noun: 1. Trentième lettre de l’alphabet géorgien, ჭ.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of char
- chars plural
- charr
- charre
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce char?
- /ʃaʁ/
- Quebec /ʃɑʁ/
- /ʃar/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to char
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is char in French?
char appears 9.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).