chartre

== English == === Noun === chartre (plural chartres) Obsolete spelling of charter. === Anagrams === Charter, charret, charter, rechart == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French chartre, earlier cartre, inherited from Latin carcerem (“prison”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃaʁtʁ/ === Noun === chartre f (plural chartres) (obsolete) prison; place of safekeeping ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with charte. ==== Related terms ==== incarcérer === Further reading === “chartre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === charter, chartier, chartir, chartour, chartur, charture, chartyre === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, diminutive of charta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃartrə/, /ˈt͡ʃartər/ === Noun === chartre (plural chartres) A charter (document conferring authority or privileges) (by extension) A deed or other legally binding document. (by extension, rare) A document or paper. (figurative) The Christian promise of salvation. ==== Descendants ==== English: charter (see there for further descendants) Scots: chairter ==== References ==== “chartre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology 1 === From Latin chartula (for a similar phonetic development, see Old French epistre (Modern French épître), from Latin epistula), or from charta with an unetymological r. Ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). ==== Alternative forms ==== carte, charte, chautre ==== Noun ==== chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres) charter; covenant; written agreement record (written account of something) letter (written message) ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin carcer (“prison”), from Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure, barrier”). ==== Alternative forms ==== cartre ==== Noun ==== chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres) prison, jail ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: chartre French: chartre