kwart

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch quarte, from Old French quart, from Latin quārta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑrt/

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• Hyphenation: kwart
• Rhymes: -ɑrt

Noun

kwart n (plural kwarten, diminutive kwartje n)

1. a quarter, one of four (equal) parts

   Synonyms: vierde, (archaic) kwartier

Derived terms

• driekwart
• driekwartsmaat
• kwarteeuw
• kwartfinale
• kwartslag
• tweekwartsmaat
• vierkwartsmaat

Related terms

• kwartaal
• kwartier
• kwartje

Descendants

• → Caribbean Hindustani: kwát
• → Caribbean Javanese: kuwat
• → Papiamentu: kuart

Maltese

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Cardinal: erbgħa     Attributive cardinal: (short form) erba’, (long form) erbat     Ordinal: raba’     Adverbial: erba’ darbiet     Fractional: kwart, (obsolete) robbu

Etymology

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Italian quartobor.

Maltese kwart

Borrowed from Italian quarto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwart/
• Rhymes: -art

Noun

kwart m (plural kwarti)

1. quarter

   Synonym: (obsolete) robbu (robu’)

Mohegan-Pequot

Alternative forms

• gwart (obsolete orthography)

Etymology

From English quart.

Noun

kwart

1. (possibly obsolete) quart

References

• A Vocabulary of Mohegan-Pequot (John D. Prince, Frank G. Speck)