cartel

See also: cártel

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.
   • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 230694662:

     He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.

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

     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.
   • 1832, Washington Irving, Tales of 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
• Danish: kartel n
• 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

• Portuguese: cartel (pt) m
• 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, diminutive of carta, from Latin carta. Related to English card.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.tɛl/

Noun

cartel m (plural cartels)

1. A cartel

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• clarté
• rectal
• tacler

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan cartel or Catalan cartell.

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

1. poster, placard, bill, banner

   Coordinate terms: letrero, placa, señal

2. lineup, billing
   • 2020 January 16, “El Festival Sónar anuncia a The Chemical Brothers, Arca, The Blaze, Richie Hawtin y Laurent Garnier”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     El 27 Festival Sónar de Barcelona, que volverá a celebrarse en sus fechas habituales este junio en los recintos de Montjuïc y Gran Via de Fira de Barcelona, ha anunciado este jueves su cartel con la presencia de artistas como The Chemical Brothers, Arca, The Blaze, Richie Hawtin y Laurent Garnier, entre un centenar de espectáculos.

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Derived terms

• pegacarteles

Related terms

• cartelera
• carta

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.