quadern

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quaternum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kwəˈðe̞rn]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [kwəˈðɛrn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kwaˈðɛɾn]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kwaˈðɛrn]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

quadern m (plural quaderns)

1. booklet
2. (printing) signature; A group of four pages printed so that when folded, they become a section of a book
3. five sheets of paper; one fifth of a mà (“quire”); one hundredth of a raima (“ream”)

Derived terms

• enquadernar
• quaderna
• quadernal

Further reading

• “quadern”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “quadern”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “quadern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quadern”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)