carde

See also: cardé

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cardō, from Latin carduus. Doublet of cardon and chardon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁd/

• Audio:

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Noun

carde f (plural cardes)

1. card (a machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning)
2. (botany) cardoon (perennial plant related to the artichoke)

   Synonym: cardon

3. (cooking, in the plural) edible stalks of either cardoon or chard

   cardes à la provençale ― cardoon stalks, Provence style

Related terms

• chardon

Descendants

• → English: chard
• → Romanian: carda

Verb

carde

1. inflection of carder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “carde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cadre, cadré
• crade

Galician

Verb

carde

1. inflection of cardar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

carde

1. inflection of cardar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

carde

1. inflection of cardar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative