charger
French
verb
Definitions
- to load (up) vehicle, animal etc.
- to load firearm
- to charge battery
- to put in charge; to charge somebody with doing something
- to charge somebody of a crime
- (military) to charge
- (theater) to overact, ham it up
- (reflexive) to take care of, see to
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chargier (load) inherited from Latin carricāre, carrus (wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle).
Origin
Latin
carrus
Gloss
wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cargason English
- caricature English
- carrus English
- (caminus) Latin
- (via) Latin
- (via) carrāria Latin
- *carriāre Latin
- autocarrus Latin
- carrago Latin
- carricare Latin
- carrico Latin
- carricāre Latin
- carricāre, carrico Latin
- carricō Latin
- carrus Latin
- carrāria Latin
- carrārius Latin
- discarricāre Latin
- discarricō Latin
- chargieren German
- caricare Italian
- caricatura Italian
- carosello Italian
- carretta Italian
- carro Italian
- carrozza Italian
- karikatuur Dutch, Flemish
- cargaison French
- caricature French
- caricaturer French
- caricaturesque French
- caricaturiste French
- chargement French
- chargeur French
- rechargeable French
- rechargement French
- recharger French
- surcharger French
- téléchargeable French
- téléchargement French
- télécharger French
- cargador Spanish, Castilian
- cargamento Spanish, Castilian
- cargar Spanish, Castilian
- cargazón Spanish, Castilian
- carro Spanish, Castilian
- descargar Spanish, Castilian
- encargar Spanish, Castilian
- sobrecargar Spanish, Castilian
- κάρρον Ancient Greek
- *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European
- chargen Middle English
- kerra Old Norse
- cariage Old French
- carier Old French
- char Old French
- chargier Old French
- chariot Old French
- deschargier Old French
- enchargier Old French
- karikaturo Esperanto
- carregar Catalan, Valencian
- carro Catalan, Valencian
- car Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- căra Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- încărca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- carre Middle Dutch
- karra Old High German
- կառք Old Armenian
- chèrgi Norman
- karre Middle High German
- kerr Albanian
- qerre Albanian
- carriere Middle French
- charger Middle French
- carregar Old Portuguese
- carro Old Portuguese
- *karros Proto-Celtic
- car Aromanian
- cariatge Occitan
- carrejar Occitan
- carro Occitan
- kärra Old Swedish
- carru Asturian
- cjariâ Friulian
- cargueson Old Occitan
- carro Old Spanish
- cargar Venetian
- kargañ Breton
- carier xno
- caregâ Ligurian
- caricur Dalmatian
- *karros Gaulish
- carros Gaulish
- karros Gaulish
- carrià Neapolitan
- chargé Louisiana Creole French
- chargiér Franco-Provençal