carte
noun
menu; bill of fare.
cartes
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pluralof carte.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
It was the nightfall when we were turned into the presence of Sir Alasdair, who was sitting under a few ells of canvas playing cartes with some chieftains by the light of a fir-root fire.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
That will give you les dessous de cartes of his character.”
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
One is compelled to pioneer his own stomach through the endless cartes of some twelve eating-houses, all famous, before he half knows whether he is dining well or ill.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
