carte

¹ American  

[kahrt, kart] / kɑrt, kart /

noun

plural

cartes

1. (italics) menu; bill of fare.

2. a playing card.

3. Archaic. a map or chart.

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Carte ² American  

[kahrt] / kɑrt /

noun

1. Richard d'Oyly D'Oyly Carte, Richard.

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Carte ¹ British  

/ kɑːt /

noun

1. See D'Oyly Carte

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carte ² British  

/ kɑːt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of quarte

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Etymology

Origin of carte

before 1150; Middle English, Old English: writing paper, document, letter < Latin charta < Greek chártēs sheet of papyrus

Example Sentences

He has more or less carte blanche to use the Danish territory for security purposes and simply stopped talking about it.

From The Wall Street Journal

“He is totally beholden to the base, and they are totally opposed to giving the U.S. carte blanche,” Rahman said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Triggering the administration’s nuclear response on Friday was Anthropic’s high-handed refusal to give the Defense Department carte blanche to use its technology as it sees fit.

From The Wall Street Journal

In these fast-moving, unpredictable times, Europe's leaders are increasingly turning to a la carte coalitions, alongside traditional organisations like Nato or the EU, which are larger and therefore often slower to react.

From BBC

One might argue that Fennell’s stunning images and the familiar emotions they convey are a happy accident, the result of millions of dollars and a director given carte blanche to play as she sees fit.

From Salon

Related Words

• card
• cuisine
• food
• table