carta

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See also: Carta, cárta, and cartă

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Noun[edit]

carta f (plural cartes)

  1. letter (written message)
  2. playing card (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card)
  3. map

Synonyms[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

carta f (plural cartes)

  1. letter, card (which one writes to someone)
  2. menu

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Corsican[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin charta, borrowed from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Cognates include Italian carta and Spanish carta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkarta/
    • (Cismontane) IPA(key): [ˈkærta]
    • (Ultramontane) IPA(key): [ˈkarta]
  • Hyphenation: car‧ta
  • Rhymes: -arta

Noun[edit]

carta f (plural carte)

  1. card
  2. map

References[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

carta

  1. third-person singular past historic of carter

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

carta f (plural cartas)

  1. letter, correspondence
  2. (archaic) charter; contract
  3. playing card
  4. identification card
  5. map
  6. menu

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “carta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “carta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “carta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “carta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “carta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish[edit]

Participle[edit]

carta

  1. past participle of cart

Noun[edit]

carta

  1. genitive singular of cartadh

Verb[edit]

carta

  1. analytic present subjunctive of cart

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
carta charta gcarta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

carta f (plural carte, diminutive cartìna, pejorative cartàccia)

  1. paper (the material)
  2. map
    Synonyms: carta geografica, mappa, pianta
  3. menu
    Synonym: menu
  4. card

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Cimbrian: karta, kart
  • → Greek: κάρτα (kárta)
  • → Hungarian: kártya
  • → Maltese: karta

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See charta

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

carta f (genitive cartae); first declension

  1. papyrus (sheet of)
  2. letter etc

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative carta cartae
Genitive cartae cartārum
Dative cartae cartīs
Accusative cartam cartās
Ablative cartā cartīs
Vocative carta cartae

References[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”). Doublet of cartaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ
  • Hyphenation: car‧ta

Noun[edit]

carta f (plural cartas)

  1. letter (written message)
    Synonyms: epístola, missiva, correspondência
  2. chart, map (visual representation of an area)
    Synonym: mapa
  3. (card games) playing card (any of the 52 rectangular pieces of card used to play games)
  4. (law) charter (document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges)
  5. (Portugal, São Paulo) driver's license (an official personal document that permits driving a vehicle)
    Synonyms: carta de condução, (Brazil) carteira, (Brazil) carteira de motorista

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás dois, duque três, terno quatro, quadra cinco, quina seis, sena sete, bisca, manilha
oito nove dez valete dama rei jóquer,
coringa, curinga

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

carta f

  1. definite singular of cartă

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin charta (“paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus”). Cognate with English card and chart.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾta/ [ˈkaɾ.t̪a]
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾta
  • Syllabification: car‧ta

Noun[edit]

carta f (plural cartas)

  1. letter (document)
  2. map
    Synonym: mapa
  3. menu (list of dishes in a restaurant)
    Synonym: menú
  4. playing card

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

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