carré

Etymology

From Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus. Compare the borrowed doublet cadrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁe/

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• Homophones: carrés, carrée, carrées

Adjective

carré (feminine singular carrée, masculine plural carrés, feminine plural carrées)

1. square
2. (mathematics) quadratic
3. straightforward

Noun

carré m (plural carrés)

1. square
2. patch (of land)
3. (poker) four of a kind

Further reading

• “carré” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• racer

Noun

carré m (invariable)

1. loin (of meat)
2. a type of hairstyle in which the hair is all cut to the same length
3. yoke (of a shirt)