cartable
French, noun/kaʁ.tabl/
cartable is spelled C-A-R-T-A-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartable is a French masculine noun meaning “satchel; schoolbag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sac d’écolier”.
What does cartable mean in English?
noun
- 1
Switzerlandmasculinesatchel; schoolbag
- 2
Canadamasculinering binder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sac d’écolier. 2. Reliure munie d’anneaux fixés sur l’intérieur du dos, qui permettent d’y insérer et d’en extraire des feuilles perforées. 3. (Suisse) Chemise cartonnée qui permet de rassembler et protéger des documents papiers.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cartable
- cartables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartable?
- /kaʁ.tabl/
- \kaʁ.tabl\
- [kaʁ.tabl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cartable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cartable in French?
cartable appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).