carte
Audio Help [kahrt; Fr. kart] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [kahrt; Fr. kart] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural cartes
Audio Help [kahrts; Fr. kart] Pronunciation Key.
Audio Help [kahrts; Fr. kart] Pronunciation Key. | 1. | (italics ) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte. |
| 2. | a playing card. |
| 3. | Archaic. a map or chart. |
[Origin: bef. 1150; ME, OE: writing paper, document, letter < L charta < Gk chártés sheet of papyrus
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Carte
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Carte
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Richard d'Oy·ly
Audio Help [doi-lee] Pronunciation Key. D'Oyly Carte, Richard. |
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| Carte
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British theatrical producer associated with the works of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. |
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| carte | |
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| a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French" [syn: menu] |
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Carte
Carte\, n. [F. See 1st Card.]1. Bill of fare. 2. Short for Carte de visite.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Carte
Carte\ Quarte \Quarte\, n. [F. quarte, prop., a fourth. Cf. Quart.] (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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