carte soleil
English
Etymology
French carte soleil
Alternative forms
- carte-soleil
Noun
carte soleil (plural carte soleils)
- (Quebec, slang, medicine) The Quebec medicare card.
Anagrams
- selectorial
French
Etymology
carte + soleil. From the sunset in a spruce forest illustration on the card, from a photo of a sunset at Lac Faillon, Quebec, taken by Robert Larivière in the 1970s, and used by Louis Larivière for the winning design of the card.
Alternative forms
- carte-soleil
Noun
carte soleil f (plural cartes soleil)
- (Quebec, informal, medicine) Synonym of carte d'assurance maladie du Québec (the Quebec medicare card)
- (by extension) Any socialized health insurance card, government health care card, medicare card.
Descendants
- English: carte soleil