Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carte de visite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
carte de vis-ite
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A business card

noun

A visiting card

Dated

noun

A photograph of a famous person, the same size as a visiting card

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from French carte de visite (“visiting card”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

cartes de visite (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cartulary

Questions

What does carte de visite mean?
A business card
Where does carte de visite come from?
Borrowed from French carte de visite (“visiting card”).

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