See also: carre, Carre, and cârré

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French carré.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɑˈreː/
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  • Hyphenation: car‧ré

Noun

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carré n or m (plural carrés, diminutive carreetje n)

  1. square [6], military
  2. square shaped pastry
  3. (card games) four of a kind

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus. Compare the borrowed doublet cadrat.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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carré (feminine carrée, masculine plural carrés, feminine plural carrées)

  1. square
  2. (mathematics) quadratic
  3. straightforward

Derived terms

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Noun

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carré m (plural carrés)

  1. square
  2. patch (of land)
  3. (poker) four of a kind
  4. (Louisiana) frame, framework

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Russian: каре́ (karé) (see there for further descendants)
  • Polish: kara (quadrangle)
  • Turkish: kare

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Noun

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carré m (invariable)

  1. loin (of meat)
  2. a type of hairstyle in which the hair is all cut to the same length
  3. yoke (of a shirt)
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