See also: Carre, carré, and cârré

French

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Etymology

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From the verb carrer. Old French querre was inherited from Latin quadrus.

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carre f (plural carres)

  1. stature
  2. angle
  3. the side of a sword blade
  4. skating figure
  5. (ski) edge (of a ski)
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Verb

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carre

  1. inflection of carrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Noun

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carre

  1. vocative singular of carrus

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra.

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carre (plural carres)

  1. cart, wagon

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  • English: car
  • Yola: car

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus. Compare French char, from Old French.

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carre oblique singularf (oblique plural carres, nominative singular carre, nominative plural carres)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) cart (wheeled vehicle)
    • c. 1150, author unknown, La Chanson de Roland:
      Vos li durrez urs e leons e chens,
      Set cenz camelz e mil hosturs muers,
      D’or e d’argent.IIII.C. muls cargez,
      Cinquante carre, qu’en ferat carier :
      You will give him bears, lions and dogs
      Seven hundred camels and a thousand [?]
      Of gold and of silver, load 400 mules
      50 carts, [?]

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Sardinian

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Etymology

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From Latin carnem, accusative form of carō (flesh”, “meat), from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut off).

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carre f (plural carres)

  1. meat, flesh
    Synonym: petza