"Charles" meaning in French

See Charles in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ʃaʁl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Charles.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Charles.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Charles.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Charles.wav
Etymology: From Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from Germanic. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|Charles}} Old French Charles, {{inh|fr|la|Carolus}} Latin Carolus, {{der|fr|gem}} Germanic Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m}} Charles m
  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Charles Tags: masculine Derived forms: Charlot, Charlotte, Charline, Charlemagne, tu parles, Charles
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Charles"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šârl",
      "word": "شارل"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Šarlʹ",
      "word": "Шарль"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Xià'ěr",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "夏爾"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Xià'ěr",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "夏尔"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "Carolus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Carolus",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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        {
          "word": "Charlot"
        },
        {
          "word": "Charlotte"
        },
        {
          "word": "Charline"
        },
        {
          "word": "Charlemagne"
        },
        {
          "word": "tu parles, Charles"
        }
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      ],
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        ],
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          "Charles#English"
        ]
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      ]
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "Charline"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charlemagne"
    },
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    }
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šârl",
      "word": "شارل"
    },
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "word": "Шарль"
    },
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      "lang_code": "zh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "夏爾"
    },
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      "lang_code": "zh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Xià'ěr",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "夏尔"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "Carolus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Carolus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
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        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French given names",
        "French lemmas",
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        "French masculine nouns",
        "French proper nouns",
        "French terms derived from Germanic languages",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
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        "Terms derived from Old French nominative"
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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}

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