cartel

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See also: cártel

English

Etymology

In the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense, like the German sense, was borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta.

Pronunciation

Noun

cartel (plural cartels)

  2. (economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
    drug cartel
    car cartel
  3. (historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
  4. (historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.
  5. (historical, law) An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
  6. (historical, nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Spanish: cártel

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta, from Latin carta. Related to English card.

Pronunciation

Noun

cartel m (plural cartels)

  1. a cartel

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French cartel.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: car‧tel

Noun

cartel m (plural cartéis)

  1. (economics) cartel (a group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market)

References

  1. ^ “cartel” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “cartel” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French cartel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /karˈtel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Hyphenation: car‧tel

Noun

cartel n (plural carteluri)

  1. cartel

Declension

Declension of cartel
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cartel cartelul (niște) carteluri cartelurile
genitive/dative (unui) cartel cartelului (unor) carteluri cartelurilor
vocative cartelule cartelurilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈtel/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: car‧tel

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan cartel or Catalan cartell.

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

  1. poster, placard, bill, banner
    Coordinate terms: letrero, placa, señal
  2. lineup, billing
    • 2020 January 16, “El Festival Sónar anuncia a The Chemical Brothers, Arca, The Blaze, Richie Hawtin y Laurent Garnier”, in La Vanguardia‎:
      El 27 Festival Sónar de Barcelona, que volverá a celebrarse en sus fechas habituales este junio en los recintos de Montjuïc y Gran Via de Fira de Barcelona, ha anunciado este jueves su cartel con la presencia de artistas como The Chemical Brothers, Arca, The Blaze, Richie Hawtin y Laurent Garnier, entre un centenar de espectáculos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. the "now-showing" board in a cinema or playhouse
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cartel, itself borrowed from German Kartell.

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

  1. cartel (group of businesses that collude to limit competition)
  2. criminal organization, mafia, mob
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