English

Alternative forms

• czar, tzar, csar

Noun

tsar ‎(plural tsars, feminine tsarina)

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

Usage notes

• (emperor of Russia): Officially, emperors after 1721 were styled imperator (импера́тор ‎(imperátor)) rather than tsar (царь ‎(carʹ)); however, the latter is commonly applied to them as well.

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Usage notes

• Although commonly believed to mean specifically a Russian emperor, this is not necessarily the case.
• The spelling czar is the most common one in the US, especially in the figurative and informal senses. Scholarly literature prefers tsar.

Translations

Anagrams

• arts, rats, star, tars

Catalan

Noun

tsar m ‎(plural tsars)

1. tsar

French

Alternative forms

• czar
• tzar

Etymology

From Russian царь ‎(carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь ‎(cĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь ‎(cěsarĭ) believed to come from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsaʁ/

Noun

tsar m ‎(plural tsars)

1. czar (Russian nobility)

Related terms

• tsariste
• tsarisme
• tsarine

Anagrams

• arts, rats, star

Galician

Noun

tsar m ‎(plural tsares)

1. tsar

Portuguese

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of czar

Swedish

Etymology

From Russian царь ‎(carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь ‎(cĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь ‎(cěsarĭ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 ‎(kaisar, “emperor”), from Latin Caesar.

Noun

tsar c

1. tsar

Declension

Tocharian A

Etymology

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

Noun

tsar m

1. hand