English

Noun

carotte ‎(plural carottes)

1. A cylindrical roll of tobacco.

   a carotte of perique

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν ‎(karōtón).

Pronunciation

Noun

carotte f ‎(plural carottes)

1. carrot
2. The red sign outside a tabac or bar-tabac

Interlingue

Noun

carotte

1. carrot

Middle French

Etymology

1393 garroite, 1538 carote, 1564 carotte. Borrowing from Latin carota^[1].

Noun

carotte f (plural carottes)

1. carrot (vegetable)

Descendants

• English: carrot (borrowed)
• French: carotte

References

1. ↑ “carotte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• carotte on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (carotte, supplement)