carrière

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See also: carriere, Carriere, and Carrière

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French carrière, from Italian carriera.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑ.riˈɛː.rə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: car‧ri‧è‧re
  • Rhymes: -ɛːrə

Noun

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carrière f (plural carrières, diminutive carrièretje n)

  1. career, a person's occupation(s)

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: karier

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French carriere. Borrowed from Old Occitan carreira or Italian carriera, itself from Old Occitan, from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare the inherited doublet charrière.

Noun

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carrière f (plural carrières)

  1. (originally) racecourse
  2. career
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin *quadrāria, from Latin quadrāre (to make four-corned, square; cut into a square), from quadrus. Compare carreau. Compare also English quarry.

Noun

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carrière f (plural carrières)

  1. quarry
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