carte blanche in French

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cartes blanches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "carte blanche f (plural cartes blanches)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "word": "carte bleue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "word": "carte grise"
    }
  ],
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          "english": "to have carte blanche",
          "text": "avoir carte blanche",
          "translation": "to have carte blanche",
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          "english": "to give carte blanche",
          "text": "donner carte blanche",
          "translation": "to give carte blanche",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "carte blanche (unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority)"
      ],
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          "carte blanche",
          "carte blanche#English"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "champ libre"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carte, blanche."
      ],
      "id": "en-carte_blanche-fr-noun-EoII1cCI",
      "links": [
        [
          "carte",
          "carte#French"
        ],
        [
          "blanche",
          "blanche#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaʁ.t(ə) blɑ̃ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carte blanche"
}

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    "French feminine nouns",
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    "French nouns",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
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  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cartes blanches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f"
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      "expansion": "carte blanche f (plural cartes blanches)",
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  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "carte bleue"
    },
    {
      "word": "carte grise"
    }
  ],
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          "english": "to have carte blanche",
          "text": "avoir carte blanche",
          "translation": "to have carte blanche",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              7,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to give carte blanche",
          "text": "donner carte blanche",
          "translation": "to give carte blanche",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "carte blanche (unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carte blanche",
          "carte blanche#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "champ libre"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carte, blanche."
      ],
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        [
          "carte",
          "carte#French"
        ],
        [
          "blanche",
          "blanche#French"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaʁ.t(ə) blɑ̃ʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carte blanche"
}

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"carte blanche" meaning in French

Noun

Inflected forms