caret

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹ.ɪt/, /ˈkæɹ.ət/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹ.ɪt/, /ˈkæɹ.ət/, /ˈkɛɹ.ɪt/, /ˈkɛɹ.ət/ Homophones: carat, karat, carrot (weak vowel merger) Rhymes: -æɹɪt, -æɹət === Etymology 1 === From the Latin caret (“it lacks”), the third-person singular present active indicative form of careō (“to lack”). ==== Noun ==== caret (plural carets) A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point. An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩. (user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. (nonstandard) A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩. (nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩. 1948, Bohumil Emil Mikula, Progressive Czech (Bohemian) (Chicago: Czechoslovak National Council of America), 6 The caret (ˇ), háček, is used over the following consonants: c, d, n, t, r, s, and z to indicate the soft sound. The caret (ˇ) is also used over the vowel e (See Pronunciation II, b, p, v). ===== Hyponyms ===== inverted caret ===== Derived terms ===== caret notation caretlike ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French caret. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kəˈɹɛt/ ==== Noun ==== caret (plural carets) (archaic) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata). ==== References ==== “caret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Carte, Trace, reäct, acter, Certa, carte, crate, cater, react, Cater, creat, trace, recta == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.ʁɛ/ === Etymology 1 === Early borrowing from Spanish carey. ==== Noun ==== caret m (plural carets) loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) Synonyms: caouanne, tortue carette hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Synonyms: tortue imbriquée, tortue à écailles === Etymology 2 === From car +‎ -et. ==== Noun ==== caret m (plural carets) spool, reel Synonym: dévidoir yarn (thread of a rope) ===== Derived terms ===== fil de caret === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Latin carex. ==== Noun ==== caret m (plural carets) (dated) carex, sedge Synonyms: carex, laîche, rouche, careiche === Etymology 4 === Inherited from Latin caret (“it lacks”). ==== Noun ==== caret m (plural carets) caret (symbol) === Further reading === “caret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === acter, carte, carté, créât, écart, terça, trace, tracé == Latin == === Verb === caret third-person singular present active indicative of careō == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French caret. === Noun === caret m (plural careți) hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, a sea turtle) ==== Declension ==== === References === caret in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Welsh == === Alternative forms === carit (literary) carset (colloquial) === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkarɛt/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːrɛt/, /ˈkarɛt/ === Verb === caret second-person singular conditional colloquial of caru === Mutation ===