carta
Portuguese
/ˈkaɾ.tɐ/, /ˈkaʁ.tɐ/
noun
Definitions
- letter written message
- chart, map visual representation of an area
- (card games) playing card any of the 52 rectangular pieces of card used to play games
- (legal) charter document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges
- (São Paulo) driver's license an official personal document that permits driving a vehicle
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese carta inherited from Latin charta (paper, papyrus, writing, writting) derived from Ancient Greek χάρτης (papyrus, paper, sheet of paper, thin sheet, book, a book, leaf of paper, a papyrus scroll).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χάρτης
Gloss
papyrus, paper, sheet of paper, thin sheet, book, a book, leaf of paper, a papyrus scroll
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
紙, 箋
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chartomancy English
- carta Latin
- charta Latin
- chartula Latin
- chartularius Latin
- chartulārius Latin
- paper, charta, papyrus Latin
- Charta German
- Karte German
- carta Italian
- cartello Italian
- cartoccio Italian
- cartone Italian
- cartuccia Italian
- briefkaart Dutch, Flemish
- cadeaukaart Dutch, Flemish
- fietskaart Dutch, Flemish
- geluidskaart Dutch, Flemish
- hemelkaart Dutch, Flemish
- identiteitskaart Dutch, Flemish
- kaart Dutch, Flemish
- kaarten Dutch, Flemish
- kaartenbak Dutch, Flemish
- kaartenboek Dutch, Flemish
- kaartenhuis Dutch, Flemish
- kaartspel Dutch, Flemish
- kerstkaart Dutch, Flemish
- klantenkaart Dutch, Flemish
- kredietkaart Dutch, Flemish
- landkaart Dutch, Flemish
- postkaart Dutch, Flemish
- rouwkaart Dutch, Flemish
- ruilkaart Dutch, Flemish
- spijskaart Dutch, Flemish
- staalkaart Dutch, Flemish
- steekkaart Dutch, Flemish
- strippenkaart Dutch, Flemish
- toegangskaart Dutch, Flemish
- troefkaart Dutch, Flemish
- wandkaart Dutch, Flemish
- weerkaart Dutch, Flemish
- wegenkaart Dutch, Flemish
- wereldkaart Dutch, Flemish
- carte French
- charte French
- carta Spanish, Castilian
- χάρτης Ancient Greek
- χαράσσω Ancient Greek
- χᾰ́ρτης Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- kartell Norwegian Bokmål
- carteira Portuguese
- carteirista Portuguese
- carteiro Portuguese
- cartão Portuguese
- descartar Portuguese
- descartável Portuguese
- karta Swedish
- カルタ Japanese
- kartell Norwegian Nynorsk
- carte Old English
- خريطة Arabic
- خَرِيطَة Arabic
- قَرْطَاس Arabic
- قِرْطَاس Arabic
- carte Old French
- karta Serbo-Croatian
- карта Serbo-Croatian
- carta Catalan, Valencian
- carta Galician
- encartar Galician
- carte Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- χάρτης Greek (modern)
- kartu Indonesian
- cāerte Middle Dutch
- քարտ Old Armenian
- kaart Afrikaans
- carte Norman
- kartë Albanian
- charte Middle French
- כרטיס Hebrew (modern)
- carta Old Portuguese
- kerte Middle Low German
- карта Macedonian
- carti Aromanian
- karta Slovak
- karata Swahili
- charta Romansh
- carta Asturian
- cjarte Friulian
- כרטיסא Aramaic
- קַרְטֵיסָא Aramaic
- karta Sranan Tongo
- kalata Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja