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carrefour giratoire: roundabout; traffic circle; rotary
carrelage: tiling, tiles (covering of tiles); tiling (action of covering with tiles); tiled floor; tiling, tessellation (tiling pattern with no gaps)
carreler: to tile; to pave
carrelet: plaice; (type of) fishing net; lift net; fishing cabin; carlet; (type of) square-bladed foil
carreleur: tiler
carrer: to square (a number)
carrer: to insert, to place
carrer dans l'oignon: to sodomize
carrick: heavy overcoat
carriole: cart; sleigh
carrière: racecourse; career
carrière: quarry
carriérisme: careerism (priority given to one's career)
carriériste: careerist (person who pursues his or her own career as his or her main aim)
carrossable: passable (for motor vehicles)
carrosse: carriage (luxury horse-drawn vehicle)
carrosserie: bodywork, body of a motor vehicle
carrossier: coachbuilder
carrossier: draught horse
carrossois: of, from or relating to the town of Carros, Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
carrousel: carousel, merry-go-round
carroyer: to divide into squares
carrure: shoulders (of person, clothes); build (physique of a human body); calibre
carré: square; quadratic; straightforward
carré: square; second power, power of 2; patch (of land); four of a kind; frame, framework
carré d'agneau: rack of lamb
carré latin: Latin square (n-by-n arrangement of n different integers such that each row, each column and each of the two diagonals contains each of the integers once and once only)
carré parfait: square number, perfect square
carrée: a double whole note, a breve
carrément: squarely, at right angles (in the shape of a square; of motion etc.); really, completely; straight out, bluntly (of asking, speaking etc.); right, slap-bang, smack-dab
cart.: abbreviation of cartulaire
cartable: satchel; schoolbag; ring binder
carte: card; chart; map; menu, bill of fare
carte SIM: a SIM card
carte bancaire: bank card
carte blanche: carte blanche (unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority); Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carte, blanche.
carte bleue: a brand of bank cards widely used in France from 1967 to 2010; any bank card; blue card (EU work permit)
carte cadeau: gift card
carte d'embarquement: boarding pass
carte d'identité: ID card
carte de banque: bank card
carte de crédit: credit card (payment card, usually issued by a bank, allowing its users to purchase goods or services or withdraw cash on credit)
carte de débit: debit card
carte de fidélité: loyalty card (card used in a company's loyalty program, which rewards customers who make regular purchases)
carte de membre: membership card (card issued to and held by a member of a club, society or other organisation)
carte de paiement: payment card
carte de réduction: discount card (card that entitles the holder to discounts on the prices of some products or services)
carte de séjour: residence permit
carte de visite: visiting card, calling card; business card (small card with a person’s name and professional information)
carte de vœux: greeting card
carte graphique: graphics card (circuit board that generates and controls the visual display on a computer screen)
carte grise: motor vehicle registration
carte heuristique: mind map
carte mentale: mind map
carte mère: motherboard (primary circuit board of a computer)
carte mémoire: memory card; flashcard
carte postale: postcard
carte rouge: synonym of carton rouge
carte routière: road map (map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation)
carte réseau: network card (card that allows a computer to be connected to a network)