la
feminine
/kaʁt/
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Translation
card, map, menu
Word origin
From Latin charta ('sheet of papyrus, paper'), itself from Greek khartes. The same root gave English 'card', 'chart' and 'charter'.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- khartes
- English cognates
- card, chart, charter
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralcartes
Examples
metro, ?
Do you have a metro map, I have got lost?
supermarché.
He paid with his card at the supermarket.
serveur desserts.
The waiter brought us the dessert menu.
aux .
We're going to play cards after dinner.
J' .
I bought a pretty card for her birthday.
bonne .
Look at the map to find the right road.
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