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carde.

card (a machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaʁd/
  1. card (a machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning)

    feminine
  2. cardoon (perennial plant related to the artichoke)

    feminine
  3. edible stalks of either cardoon or chard

    feminine · in-plural
    cardes à la provençale
Where this word comes from

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

verb/kaʁd/
  1. inflection of carder: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

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

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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

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