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
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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
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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
“It’s disgusting,” said Janice Lintz, a veteran traveler who’s visited more than 170 countries, about the a la carte pricing model airlines have adopted.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
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 ● Mar. 20, 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
Thus he could fall asleep that night untroubled by the nightmare that he had given Crick carte blanche for another foray into frenzied inconsiderateness.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Magnum is now the world's largest ice cream maker, with its brands include Cornetto, Wall's and Carte D'Or.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
“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
Williams’s history is a thorough and entertaining account of the London landmark and its founder, Richard D’Oyly Carte.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
Social media travel writer Caroline Williams is sent to Carte De Amor, New Mexico on an assignment where she meets high school teacher Oscar Ortiz, who introduces her to another side of Christmas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
And those who declare that the Scots cannot see a joke would be disabused if they were to be at the D'Oyly Carte seasons at Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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
He had all sorts of papers, invitations, audiences, cartes de circulation, etc.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
And cartes de visite are most assuredly the playthings for children of an older growth, most in vogue at the present day.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
The truth was clear—I quickly sent him back his lovely cartes, His bangle, and his poetry of Cupid and his darts.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 3, 1891 by Various
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