charta

See also: Charta

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxarta]
• Rhymes: -arta
• Hyphenation: char‧ta

Noun

charta f

1. charter, an important document declaring political principles or rights

Declension

Declension of charta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	charta	charty
genitive	charty	chart
dative	chartě	chartám
accusative	chartu	charty
vocative	charto	charty
locative	chartě	chartách
instrumental	chartou	chartami

Derived terms

• chartista
• chartistický
• chartistka

Further reading

• “charta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “charta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “charta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Anagrams

• chátra

Irish

Noun

charta

1. lenited form of carta

Latin

Alternative forms

• chartus, carta

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper”), with a change to the feminine gender.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰar.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkar.ta]

Noun

charta f (genitive chartae); first declension

1. papyrus, paper
2. a piece of papyrus or paper
3. a piece of writing, especially a letter, poem, or charter
4. the papyrus plant
5. (Medieval Latin) map, chart

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	charta	chartae
genitive	chartae	chartārum
dative	chartae	chartīs
accusative	chartam	chartās
ablative	chartā	chartīs
vocative	charta	chartae

Derived terms

• chartāceus
• chartārium
• chartārius
• chartula
• ēnsiculus chartōrum
• Magna Charta

Descendants

Inherited

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: carti
  • Romanian: carte
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: carta
  • Italian: carta (see there for further descendants)
  • Neapolitan: carta
  • Sicilian: carta
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Emilian: chèrta
  • Piedmontese: carta
  • Romagnol: chêrta (Ville Unite)
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: cjarte
  • Romansh: charta
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: carta
  • Occitan: carta
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: carta
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: carta
    • Galician: carta
    • Portuguese: carta (see there for further descendants)
  • Spanish: carta (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings

• → Albanian: kartë
• → Berber:
  • Ghadames: takǝrḍa
  • Northern Saharan Berber: tkirḍa
  • Siwi: tyǝrṭa
  • Tuareg: tăkarḍe (“letter”)
• → Czech: charta
• → German: Charta
• → Kashubian: kôrta
• → Livonian: kōrtõz
• → Old English: carte
  • Middle English: carte
• → Old French: carte (see there for further descendants)
• → Old High German: kerza, charza (or from cērāta)
  • Middle High German: kerze
    • Cimbrian: khéertza
    • German: Kerze
    • Luxembourgish: Käerz
  • → Middle Dutch: kerse (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “charta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “charta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "charta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “charta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “charta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• charta in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “charta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxar.ta/
• Rhymes: -arta
• Syllabification: char‧ta

Noun

charta

1. inflection of chart:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxar.ta/
• Rhymes: -arta
• Syllabification: char‧ta

Noun

charta m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of chart

Romansh

Etymology

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

Noun

charta f (plural chartas)

1. letter, card

Swedish

Noun

charta

1. obsolete spelling of karta