"chartre" meaning in Old French

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Noun

Forms: chartre oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], chartres [oblique, plural], chartre [nominative, singular], chartres [nominative, plural], carte [alternative], charte [alternative], chautre [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin chartula (for a similar phonetic development, see Old French epistre (Modern French épître), from Latin epistula), or from charta with an unetymological r. Ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:inh|la:chartula|id=charter}}, {{inh|fro|la|chartula}} Latin chartula, {{m+|fro|epistre}} Old French epistre, {{m+|fr|épître}} French épître, {{m+|la|epistula}} Latin epistula, {{der|fro|grc|χάρτης}} Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)
  1. charter; covenant; written agreement
    Sense id: en-chartre-fro-noun-mU17EOWC
  2. record (written account of something)
    Sense id: en-chartre-fro-noun-eQYPxPAA
  3. letter (written message)
    Sense id: en-chartre-fro-noun-JbLk0dW0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: chartre oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], chartres [oblique, plural], chartre [nominative, singular], chartres [nominative, plural], cartre [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin carcer (“prison”), from Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure, barrier”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:inh|la:carcer|id=prison}}, {{inh|fro|la|carcer||prison}} Latin carcer (“prison”), {{der|fro|itc-pro|*karkros||enclosure, barrier}} Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure, barrier”) Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)
  1. prison, jail
    Sense id: en-chartre-fro-noun-6QcC1esD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prison, jail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "jail",
          "jail"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chartre"
}

Download raw JSONL data for chartre meaning in Old French (6.3kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "chartre",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "chartre",
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}

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  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'chartre oblique singular or' in 'chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)'",
  "path": [
    "chartre"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "chartre",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'chartre oblique singular or', originally 'chartre oblique singular or f'",
  "path": [
    "chartre"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "chartre",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'chartre oblique singular or', originally 'chartre oblique singular or f'",
  "path": [
    "chartre"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "chartre",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'chartre oblique singular or' in 'chartre oblique singular, f (oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)'",
  "path": [
    "chartre"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "chartre",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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