Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cair

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: cair
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Acronym of Clean Air Interstate Rule.

American usage

name

Acronym of Council on American-Islamic Relations.

American usage

noun

Acronym of confidential aviation incident reporting.

Australian usage; Uncountable

verb

To go.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.

Transitive verb

noun

Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”).

Etymology

From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“to turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: cairen, keyra, *kaurijaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

cairs (present, singular) cairing (participle, present) caired (participle, past) caired (past) cairs (plural)

Questions

What does cair mean?: Acronym of Clean Air Interstate Rule.
Where does cair come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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