carpette

Borrowed from English carpet, itself from Old French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from Latin carpō.

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.pɛt/

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carpette f (plural carpettes)

1. a rug, a doormat

   Synonym: paillasson

2. (figurative) doormat, submissive person

• → Portuguese: carpete

• “carpette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

carpette f

1. plural of carpetta

• caprette, precetta

• carpet, carpett, kerpet

Borrowed from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita and Italian carpita, both from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet), կապերտ (kapert, “carpet, rug”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarpɛt(ə)/

carpette (plural carpettes)

1. (Late Middle English) A fabric cover for beds or furniture; a tablecloth or throw.

• English: carpet
• Scots: carpet

• “carpet(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.