quart
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French quart, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quart (plural quarts)
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- 1908, Cavendish, The laws of piquet adopted
- A tierce major is good against any other tierce; a quart minor is good against a tierce major.
- 1908, Cavendish, The laws of piquet adopted
- (obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
- Spenser
- Camber did possess the western quart.
- Spenser
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| < 3r | 4t | 5è > |
| Ordinal : quart Cardinal : quatre Multiplier : quàdruple |
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin quartus (“fourth”)
Adjective[edit]
quart m (feminine quarta, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)
- (ordinal) fourth
Usage notes[edit]
When quart is the ordinal number of a century or of a regnal name of a monarch or pope, it is written using Roman numerals following the noun. Thus Joan Quart is written Joan IV.
For most fractional numbers, the ordinal number is used to indicate the denominator of the fraction. Quart and its forms share the job of indicating fractional fourths with quarter and its forms. Exceptions to this rule include mig (“half”), terç (“third”), quarter (“quarter”), milionèsim (“millionth”), bilionèsim (“billionth”), ....
The feminine form of the ordinal is usually used as the collective noun for a set of like objects of that size. Instead of quart, qüern is used. Exceptions to the usual rule include parell (“set of 2”), qüern (“set of 4”), centenar (“set of 100”), grossa (“set of 144”), miler (“set of 1000”), and milenar (“1000”).
Synonyms[edit]
- (fraction): quarter
Derived terms[edit]
- quart creixent (waxing quarter moon):
- quart minvant (waning quarter moon):
- quart de rodó (quarter round molding):
Noun[edit]
quart m (plural quarts)
- quarter hour
- A political subdivision of the parishes La Massana, Ordino, and Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra.
- (obsolete) barrel; unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pipe
- (paper) quarto; paper size
- (printing) quarto; book size
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quartus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quart m (plural quarts)
- quarter (fraction)
Related terms[edit]
Guernésiais[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quartus.
Noun[edit]
quart m (plural quarts)
- quarter (fraction)
Jèrriais[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
quart m (plural quarts)
Middle French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quart m (feminine singular quarte, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)
Synonyms[edit]
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Card games
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Four
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan adjectives
- ca:Ordinal numbers
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan terms with obsolete senses
- ca:Printing
- ca:Geography
- ca:Time
- ca:Units of measure
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Units of measure
- Guernésiais terms derived from Latin
- Guernésiais nouns
- Jèrriais nouns
- Middle French adjectives