"caret" meaning in French

See caret in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ka.ʁɛ/ Forms: carets [plural]
Etymology: Early borrowing from Spanish carey. Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|es|carey}} Spanish carey Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} caret m (plural carets)
  1. loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) Tags: masculine Synonyms: caouanne, tortue carette
    Sense id: en-caret-fr-noun-6OBzuZYM Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 8 1 8 2 1 9 28 27 3 2 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 7 1 0 9 31 30 2 1 12 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 39 6 1 16 0
  2. hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Tags: masculine Synonyms: tortue imbriquée, tortue à écailles
    Sense id: en-caret-fr-noun-GtbpNB8F Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 8 1 8 2 1 9 28 27 3 2 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 7 1 0 9 31 30 2 1 12 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 39 6 1 16 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ka.ʁɛ/ Forms: carets [plural]
Etymology: From car + -et. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|car|-et}} car + -et Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} caret m (plural carets)
  1. spool, reel Tags: masculine Synonyms: dévidoir
    Sense id: en-caret-fr-noun-oOT~g-V9 Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -et Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -et: 57 43
  2. yarn (thread of a rope) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caret-fr-noun-TR~KTJ5y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fil de caret
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ka.ʁɛ/ Forms: carets [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin carex. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|carex|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin carex, {{inh+|fr|la|carex}} Inherited from Latin carex Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} caret m (plural carets)
  1. (dated) carex, sedge Tags: dated, masculine Synonyms: carex, laîche, rouche, careiche
    Sense id: en-caret-fr-noun-wJ-otZHt Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 8 1 8 2 1 9 28 27 3 2 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 0 7 1 0 9 31 30 2 1 12 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 39 6 1 16 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ka.ʁɛ/ Forms: carets [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin caret (“it lacks”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|caret||it lacks|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin caret (“it lacks”), {{inh+|fr|la|caret||it lacks}} Inherited from Latin caret (“it lacks”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} caret m (plural carets)
  1. caret (symbol) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caret-fr-noun-iufrm7P4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "The angler lines his line when he pulls it from the water and wraps it around the spool, a reel normally containing fifty fathoms (90 m) of line.",
          "ref": "1979, Jean-Claude Dupont, Histoire populaire de l'Acadie, page 344:",
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          "english": "The spool, around which the line was wound, was attached to the boat to avoid it falling into the water.",
          "ref": "1997, Maurice Desjardins, Faits et gestes à la grève du quai de Trois-Pistoles, 1696-1997, →ISBN, page 199:",
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          "english": "The thread obtained was wound around the spools.",
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          "english": "The ropes that contribute to a common cable, taken in isolation, are sturdier than the cable itself, in the ratio of about four to three; we have found that a rope worked of yarns of one-hundred-and-eighty to one-hundred-and-thirty-five yards in length, was sturdier than that made of threads reduced to a dimension of one-hundred-and-twenty yards, in the ratio of six to five.",
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          "english": "If, on the other hand, the worker while preventing the top from turning removes it from the swivel, the part of the yarns between the swivel and the top becomes less taut and the two yarns can be twisted one over the other.",
          "ref": "1873, Paul Poiré, La France Industrielle, page 439:",
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          "english": "The yarns, ahead of producing a strand of rope, are fixed by one of their ends to a hook on the swivel; the other end of each one is fixed to a wheel which can apply a twisting movement by its rotation.",
          "ref": "1911, Paul Jacquemart, Joseph François Bois, Notions de technologie, page 384:",
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          "english": "Several species of sedges bear the common names of ciseau, their leaves having sharp edges, and rouche, rouchette, and they form a coarse forage.",
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          "ref": "2013, Paul Durand Desgrandes, Tout sur ma tablette Samsung Galaxy (Tab 2 et Note 10.1) pour les Nuls, →ISBN:",
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  "etymology_text": "From car + -et.",
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        {
          "english": "The angler lines his line when he pulls it from the water and wraps it around the spool, a reel normally containing fifty fathoms (90 m) of line.",
          "ref": "1979, Jean-Claude Dupont, Histoire populaire de l'Acadie, page 344:",
          "text": "La pêcheur ligne sa ligne quand il la tire de l’eau et l’enroule sur le caret, dévidoir contenant normalement cinquante brasses (90 m) de ligne.",
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        },
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          "english": "The spool, around which the line was wound, was attached to the boat to avoid it falling into the water.",
          "ref": "1997, Maurice Desjardins, Faits et gestes à la grève du quai de Trois-Pistoles, 1696-1997, →ISBN, page 199:",
          "text": "Le caret, sur lequel était enroulé la ligne, était attaché au bateau afin d’éviter qu’il ne tombe à l’eau.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "The thread obtained was wound around the spools.",
          "ref": "2007, Gérard Boutet, La France en héritage, →ISBN, page 399:",
          "text": "Le fil obtenu était enroulé sur les carets.",
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          "word": "dévidoir"
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          "english": "The ropes that contribute to a common cable, taken in isolation, are sturdier than the cable itself, in the ratio of about four to three; we have found that a rope worked of yarns of one-hundred-and-eighty to one-hundred-and-thirty-five yards in length, was sturdier than that made of threads reduced to a dimension of one-hundred-and-twenty yards, in the ratio of six to five.",
          "ref": "1829, Thomas Young, Résumé complet de mécanique et de la science des machines, page 140:",
          "text": "Les cordes qui concourent à la formation d’un câble commun, prisés isolément, sont plus solides que le cable lui-meme, dans la proportion d’environ quatre à trois; on a trouvé qu’une corde travaillée avec des carets de cent quatre-vingts à cent trente-cinq verges de longueur, était plus solide que celle provenant de carets réduits à une dimension de cent vingt verges, dans la rapport de six à cinq.",
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          "english": "If, on the other hand, the worker while preventing the top from turning removes it from the swivel, the part of the yarns between the swivel and the top becomes less taut and the two yarns can be twisted one over the other.",
          "ref": "1873, Paul Poiré, La France Industrielle, page 439:",
          "text": "Si, au contraire, l’ouvrier, tout en empêchant le toupin de tourner, l’éloigne de l’émerillon, la partie des carets comprise entre l’émerillon et le toupin devient moins tendue et les deux carets vont pouvoir se tordre l’un sur l’autre.",
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          "english": "The yarns, ahead of producing a strand of rope, are fixed by one of their ends to a hook on the swivel; the other end of each one is fixed to a wheel which can apply a twisting movement by its rotation.",
          "ref": "1911, Paul Jacquemart, Joseph François Bois, Notions de technologie, page 384:",
          "text": "Les carets devant produire un toron sont fixés par une de leurs extrémités au crochet de l’émerillon; l’autre extrémité de chacun d’eux est fixée à une molette pouvant lui transmettre par sa rotation un mouvement de torsion.",
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      "ipa": "/ka.ʁɛ/"
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          "english": "The sedges appear to form the evolution of the grasses with the rushes, the chufas and the bulrushes, to which they are linked by several similarities.",
          "ref": "1778, Jean-Baptiste de Monet de Lamarck, Flore françoise ou Description succincte de toutes les plantes, page 169:",
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          "english": "Several species of sedges bear the common names of ciseau, their leaves having sharp edges, and rouche, rouchette, and they form a coarse forage.",
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          "english": "Sedges live in very poor waters.",
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          "text": "Les carets vivent dans les eaux très médiocres.",
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          "english": "Corresponds to any character that is not part of those inside the brackets, after the caret (here, any character but a, b, or c).",
          "ref": "2002, John C. Worsley, Joshua D. Drake, PostgreSQL par la pratique, →ISBN, page 163:",
          "text": "Correspond à n’importe quel caractère ne faisant pas partie de ceux qui sont entre les crochets, après le caret (ici, tout caractère sauf a, b, et c).",
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        },
        {
          "english": "All the characters and ranges of a restrict string following the caret are forbidden.",
          "ref": "2003, Joey Lott, ActionScript en action, →ISBN, page 223:",
          "text": "Tous les caractères et toutes les plages d’une chaîne restrict suivant le caret sont interdites.",
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        {
          "english": "To open a menu, draw the caret or circumflex accent (^) symbol while pressing the stylus button.",
          "ref": "2013, Paul Durand Desgrandes, Tout sur ma tablette Samsung Galaxy (Tab 2 et Note 10.1) pour les Nuls, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Pour ouvrir un menu, dessinez le symbole de caret ou accent circonflexe (^) tout en appuyant sur le bouton du stylet.",
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        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ka.ʁɛ/"
    }
  ],
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}

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