quarter

See also quarter-

English

A US quarter, 25 cent coin.

Etymology 1

Via French, from Latin quartus

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkwɔːtə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈk(w)ɔrɾɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)tə(r)

Adjective

quarter (not comparable) (also spelled with prefix quarter-)

1. Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
2. (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
   • A quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound.
3. (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
   • A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
   • A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.

Derived terms

Derived terms

quarter blanket quarter bottle quarter century quarter crack quarter day quarter final quarter horse

quarter hour quarter moon quarter note quarter pound quarter session quarter waiter quarter year

Noun

quarter (countable and uncountable; plural quarters)

1. Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
2. (United States and Canada) A coin worth 25 cents.
3. A period of three consecutive months.
4. A section or area (of a town, etc.).
5. (uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent
   • "Sir, they have asked for quarter." "Have they? Well, we will give no quarter."
6. An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, p. 204.

     One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the quarter of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more.

7. An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails
8. (historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark VI:

     And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...].

Synonyms

• (one of four equal parts): fourth, fourth part, ¼
• (period of three consecutive months): trimester
• (section of a town): borough, district, region

Derived terms

terms derived from quarter (noun)

fat quarter quarterly quarters quarter of

quarter past quarter to

Related terms

• quart

Translations

one of four equal parts

Albanian: çerek (sq) Arabic: ربع (rúbʕ) m. Armenian: քառորդ (hy) (k'aṙord) Catalan: quart (ca) m., quarter (ca) m. Chinese: 四分之一 (sì fēn zhīyī) Croatian: četvrt (hr) Czech: čtvrt (cs) Danish: fjerdedel (da) c., kvart (da) c. Dutch: kwart (nl) Esperanto: kvarono (eo) Estonian: neljandik Finnish: neljännes (fi), neljäsosa (fi) French: quart (fr) m., quartier (fr) German: Viertel (de) n. Greek: τέταρτο (el) (tétarto) n., τεταρτημόριο (el) (tetartimório) n. Hebrew: רבע (he) m. Hungarian: negyed (hu) Icelandic: fjórðungur (is) Indonesian: seperempat Interlingua: quarto, quarte parte Irish: ceathrú (ga) f.

Italian: quarto (it) m. Japanese: 四分の一 (よんぶんのいち, yombun-no-ichi), 四半 (しはん, shihan), 四半分 (shihanbun) Korean: 사분의 일 (sabunui il) Kurdish: چاره‌ک (ku) Lithuanian: ketvirtadalis (lt) m., ketvirtis (lt) m. Malayalam: കാല്‍ (kaal) Manx: kerroo (gv) m. Persian: چارک (charak) Polish: ćwierć (pl) f. Portuguese: quarto m., quarta parte f. Romanian: sfert (ro), pătrime (ro) f., (old): pătrar (ro) n. Russian: четверть (ru) (čétvért’) f. Scottish Gaelic: ceathramh (gd) m., cairteal (gd) m. Spanish: cuarto (es) m. Swahili: robo (sw) Swedish: fjärdedel (sv) c., kvart (sv) c., kvarts (sv) c. Tamil: கால் (kaal) Telugu: పావు భాగం (paavu bhaagaM), నాలుగో వంతు (naalugO vaMtu) Turkish: çeyrek (tr) Volapük: foldil (vo)

coin worth 25 cents

Czech: čtvrťák (cs) m. Dutch: kwartje (nl) Finnish: neljännesdollari (fi) French: pièce de vingt-cinq cents f., quarter (fr) m. German: Vierteldollar (de) m. Italian: moneta di venticinque centesimi Kurdish: بیستوپێنج سه‌نت

Persian: بیست و پنج سنتی (bistopanj senti) Polish: ćwierćdolarówka (pl) f. Russian: четвертак (ru) (čétverták) m. Spanish: cora f. (El Salvador), cuarto (Panama) Telugu: పావలా (paavalaa) (Quarter of Indian Rupee) Yiddish: קוואָדער (yi) (kvoder) m.

period of three months

Armenian: քառորդ (hy) (k'aṙord) Czech: čtvrtletí (cs) n., kvartál (cs) m. Danish: kvartal (da) n. Dutch: kwartaal (nl), trimester (nl) Finnish: neljännesvuosi (fi), vuosineljännes (fi) French: trimestre (fr) m. German: Quartal (de) n., Vierteljahr (de) n. Greek: τριμηνία (el) (triminía) f., τρίμηνο (el) (trímino) n. Hebrew: רבעון (he) m. Icelandic: fjórðungur (is) Indonesian: kuartal (id) Interlingua: trimestre Italian: trimestre (it) m.

Japanese: ４半期 / 四半期 (しはんき, shihanki) Lithuanian: ketvirtis (lt) m. Persian: فصل (fasl) Polish: kwartał (pl) m. Portuguese: trimestre (pt) m. Romanian: trimestru (ro) n. Russian: квартал (ru) (kvartál) m. Scottish Gaelic: ràith (gd) f. Slovak: štvrťrok (sk) m. Spanish: trimestre (es) m. Swedish: kvartal (sv) n. Telugu: త్రైమాసికం (traimaasikaM)

section of a town

Armenian: թաղամաս (hy) (t'aġamas) Czech: čtvrť (cs) f. Danish: kvarter (da) n. Finnish: kaupunginosa (fi) French: quartier (fr) m. German: Stadtteil (de) m., Viertel (de) n., Kwartier (Cologne) Greek: συνοικία (el) (synoikía) f. Hebrew: רובע (he) m. Italian: quartiere (it) m.

Ladino: Latin: maalé Lithuanian: kvartalas (lt) m. Persian: محله (mahalle) Polish: dzielnica (pl) f. Russian: квартал (ru) (kvartál) m. Tamil: பேட்டை (paeTTai), பகுதி (pakguti) Turkish: semt (tr), mahalle (tr), civar (tr)

Verb

quarter (third-person singular simple present quarters, present participle quartering, simple past and past participle quartered)

1. (transitive) To divide into quarters.
2. (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.

   Quarter the horses in the third stable.

Translations

divide into quarters

Czech: čtvrtit (cs), rozčtvrtit (cs) German: vierteln (de)

Greek: τεταρτιάζω (el) (tetartiázo), διαιρώ (el) (diairó) Spanish: cuartear (es)

provide housing

Greek: φιλοξενώ (el) (filoksenó)

References

Adjective

• "quarter" at Merriam-Webster
• "quarter" in Harrap's Shorter, 2006, p. 761

Etymology 2

French cartayer

Verb

quarter (third-person singular simple present quarters, present participle quartering, simple past and past participle quartered)

1. (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.

   Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering — De Quincey.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quartus

Noun

quarter m. (plural quarters)

1. fourth

Synonyms

• quart

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French

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Etymology

From English

Noun

quarter m. (plural quarters)

1. quarter (old measure of corn)

Anagrams

• traquer