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carte de visite

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A photographic likeness mounted on a card, formerly of the size of a visiting-card. Also called card-picture and card.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A visiting card.
  • A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A business card
  • noun dated A visiting card
  • noun obsolete A photograph of a famous person, the same size as a visiting card

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Borrowing from French carte de visite ("visiting card")

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