name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A green alga of the genus Chara.
2. 2
   Shortened form of charabanc

   "The workers didn't get paid for any holidays, so a day out in a 'chara' was all they got."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.; A surname from Spanish Chará. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A surname.; A surname from Slovak Chára or Czech Chára. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A river in Yakutia, Russia; Russian Ча́ра (Čára) countable, uncountable
4. 4
   Ellipsis of Chara language, a language found in Ethiopia (ISO 639-3: cra). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
5. 5
   Ellipsis of Chara people, an ethnic group found in Ethiopia. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

chara rivercharabanccharabanccharasgenus charamuskgrass

Example

More examples

"The workers didn't get paid for any holidays, so a day out in a 'chara' was all they got."

Etymology

From translingual/New Latin Chara.

Related phrases

Chara RiverRiver Chara

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.