carrer
See also: cârrer
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin (caminus) carrārius (compare Occitan carrièra), from Latin carrus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kəˈre/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kaˈreɾ/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Noun
carrer m (plural carrers)
- street
- road
- (sports) lane, fairway
Derived terms
- carrerany
- carreró
Related terms
- carrera
Further reading
- “carrer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “carrer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “carrer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “carrer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French carrer, from Latin quadrāre, present active infinitive of quadrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʁe/
Audio (file)
Verb
carrer
- to square (a number)
Conjugation
Conjugation of carrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | carrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | carrant /ka.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | carré /ka.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | carre /kaʁ/ | carres /kaʁ/ | carre /kaʁ/ | carrons /ka.ʁɔ̃/ | carrez /ka.ʁe/ | carrent /kaʁ/ |
| imperfect | carrais /ka.ʁɛ/ | carrais /ka.ʁɛ/ | carrait /ka.ʁɛ/ | carrions /ka.ʁjɔ̃/ | carriez /ka.ʁje/ | carraient /ka.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | carrai /ka.ʁe/ | carras /ka.ʁa/ | carra /ka.ʁa/ | carrâmes /ka.ʁam/ | carrâtes /ka.ʁat/ | carrèrent /ka.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | carrerai /ka.ʁə.ʁe/ | carreras /ka.ʁə.ʁa/ | carrera /ka.ʁə.ʁa/ | carrerons /ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | carrerez /ka.ʁə.ʁe/ | carreront /ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | carrerais /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | carrerais /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | carrerait /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | carrerions /ka.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | carreriez /ka.ʁə.ʁje/ | carreraient /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | carre /kaʁ/ | carres /kaʁ/ | carre /kaʁ/ | carrions /ka.ʁjɔ̃/ | carriez /ka.ʁje/ | carrent /kaʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | carrasse /ka.ʁas/ | carrasses /ka.ʁas/ | carrât /ka.ʁa/ | carrassions /ka.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | carrassiez /ka.ʁa.sje/ | carrassent /ka.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | carre /kaʁ/ | — | carrons /ka.ʁɔ̃/ | carrez /ka.ʁe/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- carrable
- carreau
- carré
- carre
- carrière
- équarrir
- équerre
Further reading
- “carrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.