carte

Definitions of carte
  1. noun
    a list of dishes available at a restaurant
    synonyms: menu
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    à la carte
    a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices
    formule, menu
    a menu listing fixed meals at fixed prices
    menu
    a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price
  2. noun
    (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
    synonyms: carte de score
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    archive
    a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
  3. noun
    a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
    synonyms: carte géographique
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    carte géographique
    a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
  4. noun
    thin cardboard, usually rectangular
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    carton
    a stiff moderately thick paper
  5. noun
    a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
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    circuit imprimé
    computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered
  6. noun
    a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
    synonyms: carte de visite
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    salut, salutation
    (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
  7. noun
    a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
    synonyms: carte géographique
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    carte géographique
    a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
    carte météorologique
    (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region
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    représentation
    a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
  8. noun
    a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
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    carte de voeux
    a card sent to express personal greetings
    carte postale
    a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
    carte postale
    a postcard with a picture on one side
    type of:
    concordance, correspondance
    communication by the exchange of letters
  9. noun
    one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
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    carte à jouer
    one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
    carte perforée
    a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes
    as
    one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
    trèfle
    a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
    match nul, tirage
    a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
    figure
    one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
    coeur
    a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
    couleur
    playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
    atout
    a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
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    papier
    a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
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