kvarlatero

Esperanto

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder.

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *kʷtwr̥to-

Proto-Italic *kʷeturtos

Latin quārtusder.

Esperanto kvar

Esperanto latero

Esperanto kvarlatero

From kvar (“4”) + latero (“side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvarlaˈtero/

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: kvar‧la‧te‧ro
• Hyphenation: kvar‧latero

Noun

kvarlatero (accusative singular kvarlateron, plural kvarlateroj, accusative plural kvarlaterojn)

1. (geometry) a quadrilateral, quadrangle

   Synonym: kvarangulo

   Hyponyms: kvadrato, ortangulo

Derived terms

• kvarlatera (“quadrilateral, quadrangular”)
• kvarlatere (“quadrilaterally, quadrangularly”)