Question 1 · Quick check
carte
CEFRB2
/kɑː(ɹ)t/
noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A menu or list of dishes in a restaurant.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA carte de visite (small collectible photograph of a famous person).
Examples
You have carte blanche, you can do what you want.
These drinks are a la carte.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA visiting card.
A bill of fare; a menu.
A playing card.
More examples
In contextCelebrity cartes, and photographic portraits more generally, were valued in Victorian culture for their much-lauded ability to render the sitter as he or she really was.
"He only says she is Laura Somerset, and he sends me her carte; here it is." Now this was in the early days of cartes, and the soft ivory finish and delicate tinting of the cartes that now are taken, were unknown.
We’ll take a dram for luck, and as soon as this handless man of mine has the collops ready, we’ll dine and take a hand at the cartes as gentlemen should.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
noun
Borrowed from French carte, from Latin charta. Doublet of card and chart.