"Karo" meaning in German

See Karo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkaː.ʁo/ Audio: De-Karo.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of Quadrat. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|fr|carreau}} Borrowed from French carreau, {{doublet|de|Quadrat}} Doublet of Quadrat Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,s}} Karo n (strong, genitive Karos, plural Karos) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,s}} Forms: Karos [genitive], Karos [plural], strong [table-tags], Karo [nominative, singular], Karos [definite, nominative, plural], Karos [genitive, singular], Karos [definite, genitive, plural], Karo [dative, singular], Karos [dative, definite, plural], Karo [accusative, singular], Karos [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. rhombus, check, chequer, square Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Karo-de-noun-VwjDD73z
  2. (card games) diamonds Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Karo-de-noun-01okfgdJ Categories (other): Card games, German entries with incorrect language header, Card games Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Card games: 4 96 Topics: card-games, games

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "n"
      ],
      "roman": "karo",
      "word": "каро"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cyrillic script",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "raw_tags": [
            "m"
          ],
          "word": "ка̏ро"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Latin script",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "raw_tags": [
            "m"
          ],
          "word": "kȁro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "carreau",
      "carreau#French"
    ],
    [
      "Quadrat",
      "Quadrat#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "carreau"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French carreau",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Quadrat"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Quadrat",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of Quadrat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Karo n (strong, genitive Karos, plural Karos)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rhombus, check, chequer, square"
      ],
      "id": "en-Karo-de-noun-VwjDD73z",
      "links": [
        [
          "rhombus",
          "rhombus"
        ],
        [
          "check",
          "check"
        ],
        [
          "chequer",
          "chequer"
        ],
        [
          "square",
          "square"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Card games",
          "orig": "de:Card games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Card games",
          "orig": "de:Card games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diamonds"
      ],
      "id": "en-Karo-de-noun-01okfgdJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "diamonds",
          "diamonds"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) diamonds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaː.ʁo/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Karo.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/De-Karo.ogg/De-Karo.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/De-Karo.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Karo"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German doublets",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from French",
    "German terms derived from French",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Card games",
    "lb:Shapes"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "n"
      ],
      "roman": "karo",
      "word": "каро"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cyrillic script",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "raw_tags": [
            "m"
          ],
          "word": "ка̏ро"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Latin script",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "raw_tags": [
            "m"
          ],
          "word": "kȁro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "carreau",
      "carreau#French"
    ],
    [
      "Quadrat",
      "Quadrat#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "carreau"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French carreau",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Quadrat"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Quadrat",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of Quadrat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Karos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Karo n (strong, genitive Karos, plural Karos)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rhombus, check, chequer, square"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhombus",
          "rhombus"
        ],
        [
          "check",
          "check"
        ],
        [
          "chequer",
          "chequer"
        ],
        [
          "square",
          "square"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diamonds"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "diamonds",
          "diamonds"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) diamonds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaː.ʁo/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Karo.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/De-Karo.ogg/De-Karo.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/De-Karo.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Karo"
}

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