cartel

See also: cártel

Contents

English

Etymology

In the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense as the German sense was borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth-century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈtɛl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈtɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

cartel (plural cartels)

2. (economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.

   drug cartel

   car cartel

3. (historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
4. (historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.

   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     , Folio Society, 2006, p.22:

     Xerxes whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill Athos.

5. (historical, law) An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
   • 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:

     He then sent down a flag of truce in military style, proposing a cartel or exchange of prisoners – the corporal for the notary.

6. (historical, nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.

Derived terms

• cartelize
• cartelization

Translations

group of businesses or nations that collude to fix prices

• Bulgarian: картел (bg) m (kartel)
• Catalan: càrtel (ca) m
• Czech: kartel m
• Dutch: kartel (nl) n
• Finnish: kartelli (fi)
• French: cartel (fr) m
• German: Kartell (de) n

• Hebrew: קרטל‎ (he) m (kart'el)
• Icelandic: einokunarhringur m
• Indonesian: kartel (id)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kartell (no) n

  Nynorsk: kartell n

• Russian: карте́ль (ru) m (kartɛ́lʹ)
• Spanish: cártel (es)

combination of political groups

• Dutch: kartel (nl) n
• French: cartel (fr) m

• Indonesian: kartel (id)
• Russian: карте́ль (ru) m (kartɛ́lʹ)

written challenge or defiance

• Russian: карте́ль (ru) m (kartɛ́lʹ)

official agreement concerning exchange of prisoners

• Russian: карте́ль (ru) m (kartɛ́lʹ)

ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war

Further reading

• cartel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Claret, arclet, claret, lacert, rectal

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cartello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.tɛl/

Noun

cartel m (plural cartels)

1. A cartel

Further reading

• “cartel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• clarté
• rectal
• tacler

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈtel/, [karˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan cartel or Catalan cartell. Borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag, borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth-century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta (“paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

1. poster, placard, bill, banner
2. lineup, billing

Related terms

• cartelera
• carta

See also

• letrero
• placa
• señal

Etymology 2

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

1. (Colombia) Alternative form of cártel

Further reading

• “cartel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.