carré, -e, adj., square, quadratic; well-set, well-knit; plain, straightforward; demy (of paper); (rhet.) flowing. Partie —e; party of four (two men and two women).
carreau, n.m., (med.) tabes mesenterica.
carreau, n.m., square; lozenge; square tile or brick; small flag-stone; ground, floor; pane (of glass); cushion, hassock; tailor’s goose; diamond (at cards); (gard.) bed, square; (arch.) stretcher; rubber (file); ☉square-headed arrow, cross-arrow. Brochet —; very large pike. Tomber sur le —; to fall on the floor. Coucher sur le —; to sleep on the floor. Jeter quelqu’un sur le —; to send any one sprawling upon the ground. Rester sur le —; to be killed on the spot. Etoffes à —x; stuff checks. C’est un valet de —; he is a contemptible fellow.
carrefour, n.m., cross-way or street, cross-road, quadrant, crowded thoroughfare. Les —s d’une ville; the public places of a town. — des auteurs; Grub-street. Langage de —; low, vulgar language; Billingsgate. Orateur de —; stump-orator.
carrelage, n.m., tile-flooring, brick-paving.
carreler, v.a., to pave (a floor) with square tiles, bricks, stones; to cobble.
carrelet, n.m., (ich.) flounder; square net; shoemaker’s awl.
carrelette, n.f., flat file.
carreleur, n.m., floor-tiler, brick-pavior; tramping cobbler.
carrelier, n.m., a tile-maker.