charité

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French charité, carité, borrowing from or francization of Latin cāritātem (love, regard), from cārus (dear) (whence French cher), from Proto-Italic *kāros (dear), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-.[1] Doublet of cherté.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ʁi.te/
  • (file)

Noun

charité f (plural charités)

  1. charity

Derived terms

References

  1. (Watkins, 1969 et al.)

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

  • caritet (early Old French)
  • carité, charitei

Etymology

Francization of Latin cāritās (love, regard).

Noun

charité oblique singular, f (oblique plural charitez, nominative singular charité, nominative plural charitez)

  1. generosity; sense of charity
  2. charitable institution

Descendants

  • English: charity
  • French: charité

Further reading

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