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Definition char

Etymology 1

Back-formation from charcoal.

Verb

char (third-person singular simple present chars, present participle charring, simple past and past participle charred)

1. (ergative) To burn something to charcoal.
2. To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.

Noun

char (plural chars or char)

1. A charred substance.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown, perhaps from Celtic.

Noun

char (plural chars or char)

1. One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.

Etymology 3

From Middle English cherre (�odd job�), from Old English ?ierr (�a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business�), from ?ierran (�to turn, change, turn oneself, go, come, proceed, turn back, return, regard, translate, persuade, convert, be converted, agree to, submit, make to submit, reduce�), from Proto-Germanic *karzijan? (�to turn�), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (�to bend, turn�). Cognate with Dutch keer (�a time, turn, occasion�), German Kehre (�a turn, bight, bend�) and kehren (�to sweep�) or umkehren (�to return or reverse�), Greek ????? (g�ros, �a bout, whirl�), gyre. More at chore, ajar.

Noun

char (plural chars)

1. (obsolete) A time; a turn or occasion.
2. (obsolete) A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
3. An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
4. A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.

Verb

char (third-person singular simple present chars, present participle charing or charring, simple past and past participle chared or charred)

1. (obsolete) To turn, especially away or aside.
2. To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
3. (obsolete) To perform; to do; to finish.
4. To work or hew (stone, etc.).

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of character, used as the name of a data type in some programming languages, including notably C.

Noun

char (plural chars)

1. (computing, programming) A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).

Etymology 5

Non-rhotic spelling of cha.

Noun

char (uncountable)

1. (Britain) Alternative form of cha (tea)

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