charité in Old French

Forms: charité oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], charitez [oblique, plural], charité [nominative, singular], charitez [nominative, plural], caritet [alternative], carité [alternative], charitei [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: 10th century, borrowed from Latin cāritātem (“love, regard”). Doublet of chierté. The borrowing was probably early enough for the regular development /ka/ > /tʃa/ to take place (cf. chapitre). Alternatively the word may have been artificially adapted to Old French chier, the inherited descendant of Latin cārus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fro|la|caritas|cāritātem|nocap=1|t=love, regard}} borrowed from Latin cāritātem (“love, regard”), {{doublet|fro|chierté}} Doublet of chierté, {{m+|fro|chier}} Old French chier, {{m+|la|cārus}} Latin cārus Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} charité oblique singular, f (oblique plural charitez, nominative singular charité, nominative plural charitez)

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          "english": "For God is full of charity",
          "ref": "c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la chanson de Puille:",
          "text": "Car Dieux est plains de charitei",
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}

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"charité" meaning in Old French

Noun