karte
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete form) kārte
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Karte, like kārts “playing cards” (the latter apparently having suffered the influence of kārts “pole” on its form), first attested as zemes kārte (with a long ā) in the 1850s, and later on (by the end of the 19th century) simply as karte (with a short e).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]karte f (5th declension)
- (geography) map, chart
- kartes mērogs ― map scale
- lasīt karti ― to read a map
- ģeogrāfiska karte ― geographic map
- topogrāfiska karte ― topographic map
- ģeoloģiska karte ― geologic map
- zvaigžņu karte ― star chart
- document; identification; card
- bibliotēkas lasītāja karte ― library reader card
- slimnieka individuālā karte ― individual patient card
- sheet of paper, card, etc. with special information
- tramvaja, trolejbusa karte ― a (one-month) tram, trolley pass
- ielūguma karte ― invitation card
- ēdienu karte, ēdienkarte ― food menu
Declension
[edit]Declension of karte (5th declension)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kārtsb”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN