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chartre

chartre

English

Noun

chartre ‎(plural chartres)

Obsolete form of charter.

French

Noun

chartre f ‎(plural chartres)

charter
prison; place of safekeeping

Derived terms

chartre privée
chartrier

Old French

Alternative forms

carte
charte
chautre

Etymology

From Latin charta, with an unetymological r.

Noun

chartre f ‎(oblique plural chartres, nominative singular chartre, nominative plural chartres)

charter; covenant; written agreement
record (written account of something)
letter (written message)