tsar

Meaning

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

Synonyms

czar

tzar

king

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emperor

emperor of Russia

monarch

ruler

csar

Translations

tsar

Zar

zar

tsaar

zar

τσάρος

tsar

czar

tsar

çar

czar

tzar

tzar

roi

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/(t)sɑː/

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).