English Explanatory Dictionary

tsar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
  2. A person with great power; an autocrat.

Pronunciation

/(t)sɑː/ /zɑː/ /(t)sɑɹ/ /zɑɹ/ en-us-tsar.ogg en-us-czar.ogg /zɐː/ /tsɐː/ /(t)saɾ/ /zaɾ/

Word forms

tsar tsars tsari czar tzar csar

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Caesarbor. Proto-Germanic *kaisarazder. Proto-Slavic *cěsařь Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ) Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ) Russian царь (carʹ)bor. English tsar Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Caesar and Kaiser. The spelling tsar began to replace the older czar in the nineteenth century. Compare Byzantine Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar).

Related words

csar czar Tsar Bomba tsarevich tsarevna tsarina tsaritsa tzar

Derived words

czarocracy czarocrat czarocratic if only the tsar knew tsardom czardom tsarian tsarina czarina tsarism czarism tsarist czarist
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