Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carte soleil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: carte -soleil
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Quebec medicare card.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I guess we can’t call it the carte-soleil anymore."
"In Quebec (Canada), the Carte Soleil organized by the Régie d'Assurance Maladie du Québec - RAMQ (Quebec Health Insurance Office), which has greatly inspired the French Carte Vitale should soon integrate emergency medical data thanks to a double authentication (patient and health professional)."
"...so that every citizen of Quebec has a carte soleil, with the Quebec government icon on it."

Etymology

From French carte soleil.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: carte soleil

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

cartes soleil (plural) carte-soleil (alternative)

Questions

What does carte soleil mean?: The Quebec medicare card.
Where does carte soleil come from?: It is traced to French.

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