quatre-quarts

See also: quatre quarts

English

Noun

quatre-quarts (plural quatre-quartses)

1. Alternative form of quatre quart

Noun

quatre-quarts

1. plural of quatre-quart

French

Alternative forms

• quatre-quart, quatre quart, quatre quarts

Etymology

Literally, “four quarters”, as it is one quarter each of flour, sugar, butter and eggs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tʁə.kaʁ/

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Noun

quatre-quarts m (plural quatre-quarts)

1. pound cake (dense yellow sponge)
   1. quatre quart: French pound cake
   2. English pound cake

Hypernyms

• gâteau

 

Derived terms

• gâteau quatre-quarts
• quatre-quarts moelleux
• gâteau quatre-quarts moelleux

Descendants

• English: quatre quart

Further reading

• “quatre-quarts”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.