Meanings
nouncarte de visite (plural cartes de visite)
plural cartes de visite
- datedA visiting card
- obsoleteA photograph of a famous person, the same size as a visiting card
Origin
- Frenchcarte de visite
- Frenchcarte de visite
- Englishcarte de visite
Borrowed from French carte de visite (“visiting card”).
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carte de visite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carte%20de%20visite
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“carte de visite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carte%20de%20visite. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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