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

	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

• Charta 77, Charta
• chartista
• chartistka
• chartistický
• Magna charta libertatum, Magna charta

Further reading

• charta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• charta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• chátra

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Latin

Alternative forms

• chartus
• carta

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰar.ta/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

charta f (genitive chartae); first declension

1. papyrus, paper
2. poem, a writing
3. (Medieval Latin) map
4. the papyrus plant

chartā

1. ablative singular of charta

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	charta	chartae
Genitive	chartae	chartārum
Dative	chartae	chartīs
Accusative	chartam	chartās
Ablative	chartā	chartīs
Vocative	charta	chartae

Derived terms

• chartula
• ensiculus chartōrum

Descendants

• Aromanian: carti
• Corsican: carta
• Friulian: cjarte
• Italian: carta
  • → Greek: κάρτα (kárta)
  • → Hungarian: kártya
  • → Maltese: karta
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: carta
• Old Occitan: carta
  • Catalan: carta
• Old Portuguese: carta
  • Galician: carta
  • Portuguese: carta
    • Papiamentu: karta (with Spanish)
    • → Japanese: カルタ (karuta)
    • → Swahili: karata
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: carta
    • Papiamentu: karta (with Portuguese)
• Romanian: carte
• Romansch: charta
• Sicilian: carta
• → Albanian: kartë
• → Czech: charta
• → German: Charta
• → Old French: carte
  • French: carte (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: carte
  • → Irish: cárta
  • → Middle English: carde
    • English: card (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: cairt
      • → Scottish Gaelic: cairt (“map”)
  • → Middle High German: karte
    • German: Karte (see there for further descendants)
    • Luxembourgish: Kaart
    • Yiddish: קאָרט‎ (kort)
  • → Middle Low German: kort
    • Plautdietsch: Koat
    • → Old Norse: kort
      • Danish: kort
        • → Swedish: kort
          • → Finnish: kortti
      • Faroese: kort
      • Icelandic: kort
      • Norwegian: kort
• → Old High German: kerza, charza (or from cērāta)
  • Middle High German: kerze
    • German: Kerze
    • Luxembourgish: Käerz
  • → Middle Dutch: kerse (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Latin: chartula
  • Old French: chartre (see there for further descendants)

References

• 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, 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

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxarta/

Noun

charta

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

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Romansch

Etymology

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

Noun

charta f (plural chartas)

1. letter, card