square (as a geometrical shape) / diamonds (card suit) / tile (compare with carrelage, meaning tiles or tiling) / windowpane / bolt (crossbow projectile) / 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 / plot, patch (of land, of cloth)

(dated) down, on the ground (as a result of having fainted or keeled over) / (figuratively) by the wayside, stranded / (figuratively) penniless, broke

(informal) to lie low, to watch one's step, to behave oneself, to straighten up, to walk the line

plural of carreau

(Quebec) plaid, tartan / (Louisiana) checkered

feminine plural of carreauté

masculine plural of carreauté

feminine singular of carreauté