carte blanche

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French carte blanche, referring to a blank or white card. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /(ˈ)kɑɹt ˈblɑn(t)ʃ/, enPR: kärt-blänsh (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /(ˈ)kɑːt ˈblɑːnʃ/, === Noun === carte blanche (countable and uncountable, plural cartes blanches) Unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority. Synonyms: free hand, free rein, proxy in blank, blank check A blank paper that is signed by some authority and given to a person to fill as they please. Synonym: proxy in blank 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 15, Indeed, I later learned that when they had bought the place, in 1930, they had given my father's older sister Lina their checkbook, carte blanche, saying, "Do what you want, get what you want." (card games) A hand with no court cards. (banking, historical) A chargecard issued by Diners Club International. ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === carte blanche As an undifferentiated mass, without regard to distinctions; willy-nilly. (Possibly from confusion with another French phrase, en masse.) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʁ.t(ə) blɑ̃ʃ/ === Noun === carte blanche f (plural cartes blanches) carte blanche (unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority) Synonym: champ libre avoir carte blanche ― to have carte blanche donner carte blanche ― to give carte blanche Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carte,‎ blanche. ==== See also ==== carte bleue carte grise == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French carte blanche. === Noun === carte blanche (uncountable) carte blanche: unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority Synonyms: cek kosong, kertas kosong, kertas putih === Further reading === “carte blanche”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Swedish == === Alternative forms === charta blanck (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from French carte blanche, attested since 1666. === Noun === carte blanche c carte blanche (unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority) (dated) blank check Synonym: blankocheck === See also === blankett (“form; carte blanche”) fria tyglar (“free reign”) === References === “carte blanche”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)