carreau
Meanings
Noun
1. square (as a geometrical shape)
2. diamonds (card suit) (card games)
3. tile (compare with carrelage, meaning tiles or tiling)
4. windowpane
5. bolt (crossbow projectile)
6. a unit of land, 100 square pas (where a pas is 3.5 French feet or pieds): roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres (Haiti)
7. plot, patch (of land, of cloth) (Louisiana)
8. eyeglasses (in the plural, colloquial, dated)
Examples10
Les carreaux de la salle de bains sont blancs.
The bathroom tiles are white.
La pluie bat contre le carreau.
The rain beats against the window pane.
C'est toi qui as pris ma chemise à carreaux ?
Was it you who took my flannel?
Vue du ciel, Los Angeles ressemble à un tapis à carreaux.
From a bird's-eye view, Los Angeles looks like a chequered carpet.
Le vent a fait trembler les carreaux de la fenêtre.
The wind rattled the windowpanes.
J'ai l'as de carreau.
I have the ace of diamonds.