chartre
English
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chartre, earlier cartre, inherited from Latin carcerem (“prison”).
Pronunciation
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Usage notes
Not to be confused with charte.
Further reading
- “chartre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, diminutive of charta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃartrə/, /ˈt͡ʃartər/
Noun
chartre (plural chartres)
Descendants
- English: charter (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: chairter
References
- “chartre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Etymology 1
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).
Noun
chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Latin carcer (“prison”), from Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure, barrier”).
Alternative forms
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