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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescarte
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kart
"Elle a écrit son adresse sur une carte."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A rectangular piece of stiff paper or plastic used for playing games or for identification.
"He shuffled the deck of cards before dealing them out." - 2
A piece of thick, stiff paper or thin pasteboard, typically used for writing or printing on.
"She wrote her address on a card and mailed it to her friend."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Ancient Greek chartēs (papyrus leaf, paper) via Latin charta and Old Italian carta, entering Middle French as carte and subsequently Middle English in the late 14th century. Over centuries, the meaning broadened from a piece of paper or parchment to encompass playing cards, greeting cards, and modern identification or payment cards.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Card" is said worldwide
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carte
Transliteration: kart
"Elle a écrit son adresse sur une carte."
Karte
Transliteration: kar-te
"Sie hat ihre Adresse auf eine Karte geschrieben."
carta
Transliteration: kar-ta
"Ha scritto il suo indirizzo su una carta."
tarjeta
Transliteration: tar-xe-ta
"Escribió su dirección en una tarjeta."
cartão
Transliteration: kar-tãu
"Ela escreveu seu endereço em um cartão."
कार्ड
Transliteration: kaard
"उसने अपने पते को एक कार्ड पर लिखा।"
卡片
Transliteration: kǎ piàn
"她在卡片上写下了她的地址。"
카드
Transliteration: ka-deu
"그녀는 카드에 주소를 썼다."
カード
Transliteration: ka-do
"彼女はカードに住所を書いた。"
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