carré

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See also: carre, Carre, and cârré

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French carré.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑˈreː/
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  • Hyphenation: car‧ré

Noun

carré n or m (plural carrés, diminutive carrétje n)

  1. square , military
  2. square shaped pastry
  3. (card games) four of a kind

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus. Compare the borrowed doublet cadrat.

Pronunciation

Adjective

carré (feminine carrée, masculine plural carrés, feminine plural carrées)

  1. square
  2. (mathematics) quadratic
  3. straightforward

Derived terms

Noun

carré m (plural carrés)

  1. square
  2. patch (of land)
  3. (poker) four of a kind
  4. (Louisiana) frame, framework

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Russian: каре́ (karé) (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkish: kare

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

carré m (invariable)

  1. loin (of meat)
  2. a type of hairstyle in which the hair is all cut to the same length
  3. yoke (of a shirt)
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