charta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxarta]
• Rhymes: -arta
• Hyphenation: char‧ta

Noun

charta f

1. charter, an important document declaring political principles or rights

Further reading

• “charta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “charta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “charta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Anagrams

• chátra

Noun

charta

1. Lenited form of carta.

Alternative forms

• chartus, carta

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper”), with a change to the feminine gender.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰar.ta/, [ˈkʰärt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ta/, [ˈkärt̪ä]

Noun

charta f (genitive chartae); first declension

1. papyrus, paper
2. a piece of papyrus or paper
3. a piece of writing, especially a letter, poem, or charter
4. the papyrus plant
5. (Medieval Latin) map, chart

Further reading

• “charta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “charta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "charta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• charta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “charta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• charta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “charta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxarta/

Noun

charta

1. inflection of chart:
   1. genitive/accusative singular
   2. nominative dual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxar.ta/
• Rhymes: -arta
• Syllabification: char‧ta

Noun

charta m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of chart

Etymology

From Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

Noun

charta f (plural chartas)

1. letter, card

Noun

charta

1. Obsolete spelling of karta.