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41Char — [ʃaːr], René, französischer Dichter, * L Isle sur la Sorgue (Département Vaucluse) 14. 6. 1907, ✝ Paris 19. 2. 1988; stand bis 1938 den Surrealisten nahe, war 1940 44 maßgeblich an der Résistance beteiligt, die ihn zu »Seuls demeurent« (1945)… …
42Char — [ʃa:r] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. char, dies aus lat. carrus »(vierrädriger) Karren, Wagen«>: 1. (veraltet) Wagen. 2. altes Weinmaß in der franz. Schweiz (etwa 6 hl) …
43char — is short for charlady and charwoman, and as a verb has inflected forms charred, charring. Other terms such as cleaner (in offices) and daily help (in private houses) are now more usual, and char has a decidedly period flavour about it …
44char|a — char|a1 «SHAR uh», noun. British Slang. charabanc: »You can get there in no time, in a bus or a chara (Manchester Guardian Weekly). char|a2 «KAR uh», noun. any one of a group of submerged; freshwater algae that root in muddy or sandy bottoms by… …
45char|i|ot|ry — «CHAR ee uh tree», noun. that part of an army which fought from chariots …
46char|i|ot — «CHAR ee uht», noun, verb. –n. 1. a two wheeled carriage pulled by horses. The chariot was used in ancient times for fighting, for racing, and in processions. »Nearly 4,000 years ago, the Hittites…developing the lightest and fastest chariots of… …
47char|ka — char|kha or char|ka «CHAHR kuh», noun. the hand spinning wheel of India, used chiefly for spinning cotton. ╂[< Hindustani charkhah < Sanskrit cakra wheel] …
48Char — Char, Weinmaß in der Schweiz, so v.w. Fuder …
49Char — (frz., spr. schar), Wagen; C. à banc(s), offener Wagen mit Bänken in der Längsrichtung …
50Char — (frz. Schar), Karren, Fuder, waadtländisches Weinmaß = 43401 Kubikzoll …
