Meaning

4 senses
  1. A bill of fare; a menu.

  2. (dated)A visiting card.

  3. (historical)A carte de visite (small collectible photograph of a famous person).

  4. (Scotland, dated)A playing card.

More definitions
  • a list of dishes available at a restaurant

Examples

5 sentences
  1. These drinks are a la carte.

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  2. You can dine here à la carte.

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  3. Tom ordered the fish a la carte.

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  4. You have carte blanche, you can do what you want.

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  5. These drinks are à la carte.

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Origin

Borrowed from French carte, from Latin charta. Doublet of card and chart.

Borrowed from French carte, from Latin charta. Doublet of card and chart.

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Forms

plural: cartes
Singularcarte
Pluralcartes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
carte — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto