chartre
English edit
Noun edit
chartre (plural chartres)
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French chartre, earlier cartre, inherited from Latin carcerem (“prison”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
chartre f (plural chartres)
- (obsolete) prison; place of safekeeping
Usage notes edit
Not to be confused with charte.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “chartre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, diminutive of charta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chartre (plural chartres)
- A charter (document conferring authority or privileges)
- (by extension) A deed or other legally binding document.
- (by extension, rare) A document or paper.
- (figurative) The Christian promise of salvation.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “chartre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin chartula (for a similar phonetic development, see Old French epistre (Modern French épître), from Latin epistula), or from charta with an unetymological r. Ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin carcer (“prison”), from Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure, barrier”).
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Noun edit
chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)