quadra

See also: Quadra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadra.

Noun

quadra (plural quadrae)

1. (architecture) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
2. A fillet, or listel.
3. A frame enclosing a bas relief.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin quadra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈkwa.ðɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkwa.ðɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Noun

quadra f (plural quadres)

1. (historical) ward (division of a castle)
2. section (of an industrial building), ward (of a hospital), etc.
3. stable

   Synonym: estable

4. (nautical) a square sail

   Synonym: rodona

Related terms

• quadrat
• quadre

Further reading

• “quadra”, 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

Etymology 2

Verb

quadra

1. inflection of quadrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Etymology

Clipping of quadragénaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.dʁa/, (sometimes proscribed) /kwa.dʁa/

• Audio (France (Agen)):

  (file)

Noun

quadra m or f by sense (plural quadras)

1. (informal) fortysomething

   Coordinate term: quinqua

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dra/
• Rhymes: -adra
• Hyphenation: quà‧dra

Etymology 1

From Latin quadra.

Noun

quadra f (plural quadre)

1. (nautical) square sail, square rigged
2. square bracket

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

quadra

1. feminine singular of quadro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quadra

1. inflection of quadrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Related terms

• navigare alla quadra

Latin

Etymology

Feminine counterpart to quadrus, from quattuor (“four”).

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷa.dra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷaː.dra]

Noun

quadra f (genitive quadrae); first declension

1. square

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	quadra	quadrae
genitive	quadrae	quadrārum
dative	quadrae	quadrīs
accusative	quadram	quadrās
ablative	quadrā	quadrīs
vocative	quadra	quadrae

Descendants

• Catalan: quadra
• Italian: quadra
• Spanish: cuadra

References

• “quadra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quadra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "quadra", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “quadra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “quadra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “quadrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin quadra. Compare quadro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dɾɐ/ [ˈkwa.ðɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -adɾɐ
• Hyphenation: qua‧dra

Noun

quadra f (plural quadras)

1. quadrangle
2. (poetry) a quatrain
3. season, period, time

   Quadra festiva. ― Festive season.

4. (lottery): a set of four numbers
5. (card games) four
6. (Brazil) block of buildings

   Synonym: (Portugal) quarteirão

7. (Brazil) sport venue; court
8. (Brazil) large square compound where samba schools practice

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama, rainha	rei	jóquer, curinga

Etymology 2

Verb

quadra

1. inflection of quadrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “quadra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quadra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026