Translation
card
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Word origin
From French carte, from Latin charta ('a sheet of papyrus'), itself from Greek khartes. English card, chart and charter all come from the same sheet of paper.
- Origin
- French, from Latin charta
- Root
- charta
- English cognates
- card, chart, charter
Examples
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We played cards the whole evening.
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He sent a card to his family from the hotel.
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She showed her card at the door.
One root, many cards: ludkarto a playing card, a postcard, vizitkarto a business card, and landkarto a map - the compound does the specifying. Bare covers whichever the context makes obvious.
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Word family
Words built on karto with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- kreditkartonoun
credit card
kreditokarto
- manĝokartonoun
menu
manĝikarto: a card of things to eat
- poŝtkartonoun
postcard
poŝtokarto
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 15, lesson 10: karto, bari, disputi and 6 more words.