tsar

• czar, tzar, csar

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsarjь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.[1]. Doublet of kaiser.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /(t)sɑː/, /zɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /(t)sɑɹ/, /zɑɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Homophone: Saar

tsar (plural tsars)

1. (historical) An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
2. (figuratively) A person with great power; an autocrat.
3. (informal, politics, US) An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.

   drug czar

• (emperor of Russia): Officially, emperors after 1721 were styled imperator (импера́тор (imperátor)) rather than tsar (царь (carʹ)), but the latter term is still commonly applied to them.
• The term sometimes refers to other emperors, besides those of Russia.
• The spelling czar is most common one in the US, especially in the figurative and informal senses. Scholarly literature prefers tsar.

• RATs, RTAs, Star, TSRA, arts, arts., rats, sart, star, tars

tsar m (plural tsars)

1. tsar

• czar
• tzar

From Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsarjь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of César.

• IPA^(key): /tsaʁ/

tsar m (plural tsars)

1. czar (Russian nobility)

• tsariste
• tsarisme
• tsarine

• “tsar” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• arts, rats, star

tsar m (plural tsares)

1. tsar

From Russian царь (carʹ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Latin Caesar

tsar m (definite singular tsaren, indefinite plural tsarer, definite plural tsarene)

1. a tsar or czar

• “tsar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tsar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Russian царь (carʹ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Latin Caesar

tsar m (definite singular tsaren, indefinite plural tsarar, definite plural tsarane)

1. a tsar or czar

• “tsar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

tsar m (plural tsares, feminine tsarina, feminine plural tsarinas)

1. Alternative form of czar

From Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsarjь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar

tsar c

1. tsar

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr, from *ǵʰes-. Cognate with Albanian dorë, Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír), Old Armenian ձեռն (jeṙn), Hittite [script needed] (kessar). Compare Tocharian B ṣar.

tsar m

1. hand