carte

¹

[ kahrt; French kart ]

noun

, plural cartes [kahrts, k, a, r, t].

1. (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
2. a playing card.
3. Archaic. a map or chart.

Carte

²

[ kahrt ]

noun

1. Richard d'Oy·ly [doi, -lee]. D'Oyly Carte, Richard.

Carte

¹

/ kɑːt /

noun

1. See D'Oyly Carte
   See D'Oyly Carte

carte

²

/ kɑːt /

noun

1. See quarte
   a variant spelling of quarte

Word History and Origins

Origin of carte¹

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

Example Sentences

It will be up to customers to specify, and pay for, the features that matter most to them on an a la carte basis.

From Popular-Science

The Big Lie is an à la carte conspiracy theory — a bit like QAnon in that respect — where adherents pick and choose what sounds right to them and disregard what doesn’t.

From FiveThirtyEight

Besides, there may be more money to be made by offering a la carte subscriptions.

From Digiday

So, that's why the cable companies don't want you to buy a la carte HBO Go, but why is that HBO's problem?

From The Daily Beast

Am I suggesting we give Big Dogs carte blanche to run wild, bedding every pretty young thing who catches their eye?

From The Daily Beast

If overturned, each state would have carte blanche to end access to abortion.

From The Daily Beast

Is it just something that they have carte blanche to do as they see fit?

From The Daily Beast

So much so that Wisniak receives money from advertisers carte blanche—and then conceives and executes her own ads.

From The Daily Beast

Part of that idea was sham bric-à-brac, the rest was carte blanche to Messrs. Spick and Span.

From Project Gutenberg

He designed it entirely himself; he had not to compete for the building of it, but had carte blanche in regard to every detail.

From Project Gutenberg

I have carte blanche, and say what I like; but does any single soul understand me?

From Project Gutenberg

"Poste-carte, Cismus cards, nice," he continues with unabated zeal as if we had not spoken at all.

From Project Gutenberg

At all events, she gave me carte blanche to publish the results of my observations.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• card
• cuisine
• food
• table