carpette
French
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from English carpet, itself from Old French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from Latin carpō.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /kaʁ.pɛt/
- Audio - (file) 
Noun
    
carpette f (plural carpettes)
- a rug, a doormat
- Synonym: paillasson
 
- (figurative) doormat, submissive person
Descendants
    
- → Portuguese: carpete
Further reading
    
- “carpette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
    
    
Etymology
    
Borrowed from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita and Italian carpita, both from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet), կապերտ (kapert, “carpet, rug”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈkarpɛt(ə)/
Noun
    
carpette (plural carpettes)
- (Late Middle English) A fabric cover for beds or furniture; a tablecloth or throw.
References
    
- “carpet(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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