"carte blanche" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /kɑɹtˈblɑnʃ/
enPR: kärt-blänsh Etymology: Borrowed from French carte blanche, referring to a blank or white card. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|carte blanche}} French carte blanche Head templates: {{en-adv|?|nolinkhead=1}} carte blanche
  1. As an undifferentiated mass, without regard to distinctions; willy-nilly. (Possibly from confusion with another French phrase, en masse.)
    Sense id: en-carte_blanche-en-adv-0upN6qNV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 18 42

Noun [English]

IPA: /kɑɹtˈblɑnʃ/ Forms: cartes blanches [plural]
enPR: kärt-blänsh Etymology: Borrowed from French carte blanche, referring to a blank or white card. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|carte blanche}} French carte blanche Head templates: {{en-noun|~|cartes blanches|nolinkhead=1}} carte blanche (countable and uncountable, plural cartes blanches)
  1. Unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority): تَفْوِيض مُطْلَق (tafwīḍ muṭlaq) [masculine] (Arabic), আলিহুকুম (alihukum) (Bengali), carta blanca [feminine] (Catalan), 全權 (Chinese Mandarin), 全权 (quánquán) (Chinese Mandarin), 全權委託 (Chinese Mandarin), 全权委托 (quánquán wěituō) (Chinese Mandarin), carte blanche [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), carte blanche [feminine] (Dutch), avoin valtakirja (Finnish), vapaat kädet (Finnish), carte blanche [feminine] (French), Blankovollmacht [feminine] (German), freie Hand [feminine] (German), Carte blanche [feminine] (German), carta bianca [feminine] (Italian), 白紙委任 (hakushi inin) (alt: はくしいにん) (Japanese), 白紙委任状 (hakushi ininjō) (alt: はくしいにんじょう) (Japanese), کارت بلانش (kârt-blânš) (Persian), کارت بلانش (alt: اختیار تام) (Persian), carte blanche (Polish), carta branca [feminine] (Portuguese), карт-бла́нш (kart-blánš) [masculine] (Russian), carta blanca [feminine] (Spanish), carte blanche [neuter] (Swedish), карт-бла́нш (kart-blánš) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-carte_blanche-en-noun-JLxRkWKy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 18 42 Disambiguation of 'unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority': 93 7
  2. A blank paper that is signed by some authority and given to a person to fill as he or she pleases. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: free rein, proxy in blank, blank check
    Sense id: en-carte_blanche-en-noun-24BQe1qY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 18 42

Noun [French]

IPA: /kaʁ.t(ə) blɑ̃ʃ/ Forms: cartes blanches [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} carte blanche f (plural cartes blanches)
  1. carte blanche (unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority) Tags: feminine Synonyms: champ libre
    Sense id: en-carte_blanche-fr-noun-mw9FWYMr Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carte, blanche. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-carte_blanche-fr-noun-EoII1cCI

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: Borrowed from French carte blanche, attested since 1666. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sv|fr|carte blanche|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French carte blanche, {{bor+|sv|fr|carte blanche}} Borrowed from French carte blanche Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} carte blanche c, {{sv-noun|c}} carte blanche c
  1. carte blanche (unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority) Tags: common-gender Synonyms: charta blanck [obsolete] Related terms: blankett (english: form; carte blanche), fria tyglar (english: free reign)
    Sense id: en-carte_blanche-sv-noun-mw9FWYMr Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. (dated) blank check Tags: common-gender, dated Synonyms: blankocheck
    Sense id: en-carte_blanche-sv-noun-dCptrsvU

Inflected forms

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        "A blank paper that is signed by some authority and given to a person to fill as he or she pleases."
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      "word": "free rein"
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      "word": "blank check"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "tafwīḍ muṭlaq",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "alihukum",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "আলিহুকুম"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carta blanca"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "全權"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "quánquán",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "全权"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "全權委託"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "quánquán wěituō",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "全权委托"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
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      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carte blanche"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "avoin valtakirja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "vapaat kädet"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carte blanche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Blankovollmacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "freie Hand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Carte blanche"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carta bianca"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はくしいにん",
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      "roman": "hakushi inin",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "白紙委任"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はくしいにんじょう",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakushi ininjō",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "白紙委任状"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kârt-blânš",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "کارت بلانش"
    },
    {
      "alt": "اختیار تام",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "کارت بلانش"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "word": "carte blanche"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carta branca"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "kart-blánš",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "карт-бла́нш"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carta blanca"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
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      ],
      "word": "carte blanche"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kart-blánš",
      "sense": "unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "карт-бла́нш"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "2007, Gordon J. Hilsman, Intimate Spirituality: The Catholic Way of Love and Sex, page 114",
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        },
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          "ref": "2014, Robert J. Lake, A Social History of Tennis in Britain",
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          "english": "to give carte blanche",
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          "word": "champ libre"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kaʁ.t(ə) blɑ̃ʃ/"
    }
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}

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      "expansion": "carte blanche c",
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "english": "form; carte blanche",
      "word": "blankett"
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    {
      "english": "free reign",
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        {
          "english": "Now, on September 13, 1883, Strindberg gives the director carte blanche to \"change and quarrel with the play\" - he has, he explains, \"lost all interest in theater.\"",
          "ref": "2001, August Strindberg, edited by Torbjörn Nilsson, Samlade Verk 11. Tidiga 80-talsdramer",
          "text": "Nu, den 13 september 1883, ger Strindberg regissören carte blanche att »ändra och bråka med pjesen» - han har, förklarar han, »förlorat allt intresse för teatern».",
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        {
          "english": "… listen here, hm, garsong! more champagne! blank check!",
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          "text": "[...] hör hit, hm, garsong! mera champagne! carte blanche!",
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    {
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      ],
      "word": "charta blanck"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carte blanche"
}

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