cartel
English
Etymology
In the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense as the German sense was borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑːˈtɛl/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /kɑɹˈtɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
cartel (plural cartels)
- (economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
- drug cartel
- car cartel
- (historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
- (historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 230694662:
- He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- Xerxes whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill Athos.
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- (historical, law) An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
- 1832, Washington Irving, Tales of the Alhambra
- He then sent down a flag of truce in military style, proposing a cartel or exchange of prisoners – the corporal for the notary.
- 1832, Washington Irving, Tales of the Alhambra
- (historical, nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.
Derived terms
- cartelize
- cartelization
- citation cartel
Descendants
- → Spanish: cártel
Translations
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Further reading
cartel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Claret, arclet, claret, lacert, rectal
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta, from Latin carta. Related to English card.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʁ.tɛl/
Audio (file)
Noun
cartel m (plural cartels)
- a cartel
Descendants
- → Portuguese: cartel
- → Turkish: kartel
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Further reading
- “cartel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- clarté
- rectal
- tacler
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French cartel.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
cartel m (plural cartéis)
- (economics) cartel (a group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market)
References
- “cartel” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “cartel” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French cartel.
Noun
cartel n (plural carteluri)
- cartel
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) cartel | cartelul | (niște) carteluri | cartelurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) cartel | cartelului | (unor) carteluri | cartelurilor |
vocative | cartelule | cartelurilor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈtel/ [kaɾˈt̪el]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: car‧tel
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Occitan cartel or Catalan cartell.
Noun
cartel m (plural carteles)
- poster, placard, bill, banner
- Coordinate terms: letrero, placa, señal
- lineup, billing
- 2020 January 16, “El Festival Sónar anuncia a The Chemical Brothers, Arca, The Blaze, Richie Hawtin y Laurent Garnier”, in La Vanguardia:
- El 27 Festival Sónar de Barcelona, que volverá a celebrarse en sus fechas habituales este junio en los recintos de Montjuïc y Gran Via de Fira de Barcelona, ha anunciado este jueves su cartel con la presencia de artistas como The Chemical Brothers, Arca, The Blaze, Richie Hawtin y Laurent Garnier, entre un centenar de espectáculos.
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- the "now-showing" board in a cinema or playhouse
Derived terms
- cartelera
- cartelismo
- cartelista
- pegacarteles
Related terms
- carta
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English cartel, itself borrowed from German Kartell.
Noun
cartel m (plural carteles)
- cartel (group of businesses that collude to limit competition)
- criminal organization, mafia, mob
Alternative forms
- cártel
Further reading
- “cartel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014