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carta

See also: Carta, cárta, and cartă

Asturian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾta/, [ˈkaɾ.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -aɾta
  • Hyphenation: car‧ta

Noun

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carta f (plural cartes)

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

Catalan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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carta f (plural cartes)

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

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Corsican

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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carta f (plural carte)

  1. card
  2. map

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French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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carta

  1. third-person singular past historic of carter

Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾta/ [ˈkɑɾ.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾta
  • Hyphenation: car‧ta

Noun

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carta f (plural cartas)

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

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “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

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Participle

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carta

  1. past participle of cart

Noun

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carta

  1. genitive singular of cartadh

Verb

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carta

  1. analytic present subjunctive of cart

Mutation

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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

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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
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Descendants

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  • → Amharic: ካርታ (karta)
  • → Cimbrian: karta, kart (Luserna)
  • → Greek: κάρτα (kárta)
  • → Hungarian: kártya
  • → Maltese: karta
  • → Tigrinya: ካርታ (karta)

Further reading

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  • carta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • carta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • carta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • càrta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • carta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  •   carta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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carta f (genitive cartae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of charta

Declension

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First-declension noun.

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

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

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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
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See also

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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, curinga

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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carta

  1. inflection of cartar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Noun

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carta f

  1. definite singular of cartă

Spanish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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