charité

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French charité, carité, borrowing from or francization of Latin cāritātem (“love, regard”), from cārus (“dear”) (whence French cher), from Proto-Italic *kāros (“dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-.[1] Doublet of cherté.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ʁi.te/
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Noun

charité f (plural charités)

  1. charity

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ (Watkins, 1969 et al.)

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Francization of Latin cāritās (“love, regard”).

Noun

charité oblique singular, f (oblique plural charitez, nominative singular charité, nominative plural charitez)

  1. generosity; sense of charity
  2. charitable institution

Descendants

  • → English: charity
  • French: charité

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