Masculine
carreau
Meaning
- (masculine) square (as a geometrical shape)
- (masculine) diamonds (card suit)
- (masculine) tile (compare with carrelage, meaning tiles or tiling)
- (masculine) windowpane
- (masculine) bolt (crossbow projectile)
- (masculine) a unit of land, 100 square pas (where a pas is 3.5 French feet or pieds): roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres
- (Louisiana, masculine) plot, patch (of land, of cloth)
- (colloquial, dated, in-plural, masculine) eyeglasses
Concepts
window pane
dalle
Dutchware
square billet
stone tile
glass pane
glazed tile
paving block
Translations
tegel
baldosa
Kachel
mattonella
karo
ouros
rajolaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.ʁo/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus from Classical Latin quadrus. Compare Italian quadrello, Spanish cuadrillo.
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