carte
French, noun
carte is spelled C-A-R-T-E (5 letters) and appears 115 times per million words in written French, the 718th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carte is a French feminine noun meaning “card” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, carté is a different word: “past participle of carter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Représentation géométrique conventionnelle, en positions relatives, de phénomènes concrets ou abstraits…”.
What does carte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecard
- 2
femininechart; map
- 3
femininemenu, bill of fare
verb
- 1
past participle of carter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Représentation géométrique conventionnelle, en positions relatives, de phénomènes concrets ou abstraits (pays, région, ville, astres dans le ciel, etc.), localisables dans l’espace, à échelle réduite. 2. Géographie d’un pays, d'une région, etc. 3. Rectangle de carton qui porte une figure, un symbole ou des instructions, et qui sert à jouer. 4. Petit carton comportant divers types de renseignements.
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 carte
- cartes plural
- cartée feminine
- cartés masculine plural
- cartées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to carte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carte in French?
carte appears 115 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).