English → Latin
“car” in Latin
carrusa wagon, a two-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload, a wagonload; carvehiculumA means of transport; vehicle, conveyance, carriage; wagon, cart; ship.; An agricultural implement for cutting down graiplaustrumwagon, cartcurruschariot, car (more often two-wheeled cars (biga) used in battle and in racing); wagon, wain; ship, boatcarrūcaA chariot.; A coach, carriage (four-wheeled).; A heavy wheeled plow.raedacoach (carriage for carrying people) with four wheels
The English word car itself goes back to Latin carrus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
car
carrus or carrum; vehiculum; plaustrum; currus; carruca; rheda.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for car?
- The usual Latin words for “car” are carrus, vehiculum, plaustrum; also currus, carrūca, raeda. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.