Etymology

carreau

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Today it means: A Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres. Full definition →

French carreau
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  1. French · borrowed fromcarreau
  2. English todaycarreau

Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of quarrel.

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