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Etymology
Borrowed from French carrière, from Italian carriera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɑ.riˈɛː.rə/
- Hyphenation: car‧ri‧è‧re
- Rhymes: -ɛːrə
Noun
carrière f (plural carrières, diminutive carrièretje n)
- career, a person's occupation(s)
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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)
- (originally) racecourse
- 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)
- quarry
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