Chartres

See also: chartres

English

Etymology

From French Chartres, from Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

Pronunciation

• enPR: shärʹtrə, shärt
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑːtɹə/, /ʃɑːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑɹtɹə/, /ʃɑɹt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Proper noun

Chartres

1. A town, the capital of the Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
2. A settlement on West Falkland, Falkland Islands, named after Edward Chartres, a naval surgeon.
3. A surname.

Derived terms

• Chartres blue

Translations

town in France

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• French: Chartres (fr) ?
• Greek: Σαρτρ (el) f (Sartr)
• Japanese: シャルトル (Sharutoru)
• Korean: 샤르트르 (Syareuteureu)
• Latin: Autricum n, Carnūtum n
• Lithuanian: Šartras m
• Marathi: शार्त्र n (śārtra)

Anagrams

• Charters, Starcher, charrets, charters, recharts, scarreth, starcher

French

Etymology

Modern French pronunciation of Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁtʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

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Proper noun

Chartres ?

1. Chartres (a town, the department capital of Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France)

Derived terms

• bleu de Chartres
• chartrain
• Chartrain m, Chartraine f

Paronyms

• charte
• chartes
• châtre
• châtrent
• châtres
• Châtres