quaderno

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quaternus (“fourfold”), from quater (“four times”), from quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɛr.no/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrno
• Hyphenation: qua‧dèr‧no

Noun

quaderno m (plural quaderni)

1. notebook, notepad
2. a school exercise book
   • 2012, Silvana Poli, Gianna Frisco, Maria Rosaria Russo, Scrivere in corsivo. Attività di pregrafismo e sulle lettere, Erickson, →ISBN, page 9:

     Il quaderno inizia con una prima parte di pregrafismo rivolta ai bambini a partire dall'ultimo anno della scuola dell'infanzia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (obsolete) check register
4. (codicology) a booklet composed of four sheets (of parchment, paper or papyrus)
5. (publishing) any issue of a work published in episodes
6. (obsolete, figurative) a situation unfolding as a succession of events (i.e. like pages from a notebook)
7. (obsolete, figurative, poetry) quatrain

Derived terms

Derived terms

• acquadernare
• quadernaccio
• quadernetto
• quadernino
• quadernone
• quadernuccio

Anagrams

• quadrone

Portuguese

Noun

quaderno m (plural quadernos)

1. Obsolete form of caderno.