charité
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French charité, carité, borrowing from or francization of Latin cāritātem (“love, regard”), from cārus (“dear”) (whence French cher), from Proto-Italic *kāros (“dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-.[1] Doublet of cherté.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcharité f (plural charités)
Derived terms
edit- c’est l’hôpital qui se fout de la charité
- c’est l’hôpital qui se moque de la charité
- charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même
References
edit- ^ (Watkins, 1969 et al.)
Further reading
edit- “charité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editOld French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrancization of Latin cāritās (“love, regard”).
Noun
editcharité oblique singular, f (oblique plural charitez, nominative singular charité, nominative plural charitez)
- generosity; sense of charity
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la chanson de Puille:
- Car Dieux est plains de charitei
- For God is full of charity
- charitable institution
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (charité)
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