carte
noun
menu; bill of fare.
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carte
1 American
[kahrt, ka r t]
/ kɑrt, kart /
noun
cartes
plural
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(italics) menu; bill of fare.
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a playing card.
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Archaic. a map or chart.
Carte
2
American
[kahrt]
/ kɑrt /
noun
Carte
1
British
/ kɑːt /
noun
carte
2
British
/ kɑːt /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of carte
before 1150; Middle English, Old English: writing paper, document, letter < Latin charta < Greek chártēs sheet of papyrus
Example Sentences
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Airlines have been fine-tuning a la carte pricing strategies to take advantage of demand for premium perks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Immigration agents, I noted, were acting as though they had carte blanche to detain people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, conducting raids that sometimes swept up American citizens.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Did you discuss the strategy and tax impact with him ahead of time and/or did you give him carte blanche to make these kinds of decisions on your behalf?
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
Diners can choose between two omakase menus, with optional nigiri add-ons, late-night alternatives and à la carte selections.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
We don’t think she’ll tell them the name on the forged Katharina Habicht carte d’identité.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
“The producer’s idea was to have a tongue-in-cheek kind of approach to it,” said Macfarlane Moleli, a journalist with the TV show Carte Blanche.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
When the operas were first created, copyright law, as understood today, barely existed, and so the company that performed the works, D'Oyley Carte, kept tight control of the scores and any copies.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2024
There’s free admission for the weekly Tuesday jam session – which runs past midnight – and Wednesday’s Carte Blanche sets, which allow a different artist each month to present combinations of invited players.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020
The team was named Chargers in a contest among fans, although it was commonly assumed that the name was a takeoff on the Carte Blanche card.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
During my first interview with Mr. Carte after my arrival there occurred an incident characteristic of the great manager.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.
One scholar of feline memology notes that in the 1870s, photographs of cats were put on cutesy cartes de visite.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013
Yet he also adorned many of them with elaborate hand-drawn frames, a devotional touch that evokes cartes de visites and other early, personal forms of photography.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2010
“But ye guid Dame Poppit has insisted that I take a wee hand at the cartes with them, the wifey and I. Prithee, shall we meet there?”
From Miss Mapp by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
That will give you les dessous de cartes of his character.”
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
Under an order of the 26th November 1909 the rate for cartes de visite was made 2 centimes when sent under band, but formulas of courtesy must not appear on the cards.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.
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