carter

English Online Dictionary. What means carter‎? What does carter mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English carter, cartere, cartare, equivalent to cart +‎ -er. Merged with Middle English careter, caretier (“coachman, charioteer”, a surname), from Anglo-Norman careter (compare French charretier).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːtə/
• Homophone: Carter
• Homophone: carder (in accents with flapping)
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: cart‧er

Noun

carter (plural carters)

1. A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.
2. A fish, the whiff or Marysole.

Coordinate terms

• horse-drawn
• oxcart

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Crater, arrect, crater, tracer

Catalan

Etymology

From carta +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kərˈte]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaɾˈteɾ]

Noun

carter m (plural carters, feminine cartera)

1. postman, letter carrier
2. (card games) reserve (remaining cards not dealt out)

Derived terms

• carteria

Further reading

• “carter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.tɛʁ/

Noun

carter m (plural carters)

1. housing (of an engine)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.te/

Verb

carter

1. to verify a person's age etc by inspecting his identity card

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Gallo

Etymology

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Verb

carter

1. (transitive) to fold (laundry)

Indonesian

Etymology

From English charter, from Middle English charter, chartre, from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃartər]
• Hyphenation: car‧têr
• Rhymes: -tər, -ər, -r

Verb

carter

1. to charter: to lease or hire something by charter.

   Synonym: sewa

Derived terms

Further reading

• “carter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

carter m (invariable)

1. chain guard (on a bicycle or motorcycle)
2. oil sump (in a car)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʈər/, /kaʁtər/
• Rhymes: -ər
• Hyphenation: cart‧er
• Homophone: karter

Noun

carter m

1. indefinite plural of carte

Anagrams

• tracer