carrière

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See also: carriere, Carriere, and Carrière

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French carrière, from Italian carriera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑ.riˈɛː.rə/
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  • Hyphenation: car‧ri‧è‧re
  • Rhymes: -ɛːrə

Noun

carrière f (plural carrières, diminutive carrièretje n)

  1. career, a person's occupation(s)

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  • Indonesian: karier

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French carriere. Borrowed from Old Occitan carreira or Italian carriera, itself from Old Occitan, from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare the inherited doublet charrière.

Noun

carrière f (plural carrières)

  1. (originally) racecourse
  2. career
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin *quadrāria, from Latin quadrāre (to make four-corned, square; cut into a square), from quadrus. Compare carreau. Compare also English quarry.

Noun

carrière f (plural carrières)

  1. quarry

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