chartre
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chartre (plural chartres)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French chartre, earlier cartre, inherited from Latin carcerem (“prison”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
chartre f (plural chartres)
- (obsolete) prison; place of safekeeping
Usage notes[edit]
Not to be confused with charte.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “chartre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, diminutive of charta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chartre (plural chartres)
- A charter (document conferring authority or privileges)
- (by extension) A deed or other legally binding document.
- (by extension, rare) A document or paper.
- (figurative) The Christian promise of salvation.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “chartre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin chartula (for a similar phonetic development, see Old French epistre (Modern French épître), from Latin epistula), or from charta with an unetymological r. Ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin carcer (“prison”), from Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure, barrier”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)
Descendants[edit]
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- French terms inherited from Old French
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- French terms inherited from Latin
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
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- enm:Directives
- enm:Law
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
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- Old French terms derived from Proto-Italic