carta

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See also: Carta, cárta, and cartă

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation

Noun

carta f (plural cartes)

  1. letter (written message)
  2. playing card (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card)
    Synonym: baraxa
  3. map

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation

Noun

carta f (plural cartes)

  1. letter, card (which one writes to someone)
  2. menu

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin charta, borrowed from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Cognates include Italian carta and Spanish carta.

Pronunciation

Noun

carta f (plural carte)

  1. card
  2. map

References

French

Pronunciation

Verb

carta

  1. third-person singular past historic of carter

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation

Noun

carta f (plural cartas)

  1. letter, correspondence
  2. (archaic) charter; contract
  3. playing card
  4. identification card
  5. map
  6. menu

Derived terms

References

  • “carta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “carta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “carta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “carta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “carta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Participle

carta

  1. past participle of cart

Noun

carta

  1. genitive singular of cartadh

Verb

carta

  1. analytic present subjunctive of cart

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
carta charta gcarta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation

Noun

carta f (plural carte, diminutive cartìna, pejorative cartàccia)

  1. paper (the material)
  2. map
    Synonyms: carta geografica, mappa, pianta
  3. menu
    Synonym: menu
  4. card

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Cimbrian: karta, kart
  • → Greek: κάρτα (kárta)
  • → Hungarian: kártya
  • → Maltese: karta

Further reading

  • carta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • carta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • carta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • càrta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • carta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • carta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

carta f (genitive cartae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of charta

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative carta cartae
Genitive cartae cartārum
Dative cartae cartīs
Accusative cartam cartās
Ablative cartā cartīs
Vocative carta cartae

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”). Doublet of cartaz.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ
  • Hyphenation: car‧ta

Noun

carta f (plural cartas)

  1. letter (written message)
    Synonyms: epístola, missiva, correspondência
  2. chart, map (visual representation of an area)
    Synonym: mapa
  3. (card games) playing card (any of the 52 rectangular pieces of card used to play games)
  4. (law) charter (document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges)
  5. (Portugal, São Paulo) driver's license (an official personal document that permits driving a vehicle)
    Synonyms: carta de condução, (Brazil) carteira, (Brazil) carteira de motorista
Derived terms
Descendants

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás dois, duque três, terno quatro, quadra cinco, quina seis, sena sete, bisca, manilha
oito nove dez valete dama rei jóquer, curinga

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

carta

  1. inflection of cartar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

carta f

  1. definite singular of cartă

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin charta (“paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus”). Cognate with English card and chart.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾta/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾta
  • Syllabification: car‧ta

Noun

carta f (plural cartas)

  1. letter (document)
  2. map
    Synonym: mapa
  3. menu (list of dishes in a restaurant)
    Synonym: menú
  4. playing card

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

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