quadra

See also: Quadra

English

Etymology

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.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.dʁa/, /ka.dʁa/

Noun

quadra m or f (plural quadras)

1. Clipping of quadragénaire.

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Italian

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. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective 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

• a vela quadra
• navigare alla quadra

 

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Latin

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.dra/, [ˈkʷäd̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dra/, [ˈkwäːd̪rä]

Noun

quadra f (genitive quadrae); first declension

1. square

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quadra	quadrae
Genitive	quadrae	quadrārum
Dative	quadrae	quadrīs
Accusative	quadram	quadrās
Ablative	quadrā	quadrīs
Vocative	quadra	quadrae

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’s 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
• “quadrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin quadra. Compare quadro.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

quadra f (plural quadras)

1. block of buildings
2. sport venue; court
3. (poetry) a quatrain
4. season, period, time

   Quadra festiva. ― Festive season.

5. (lottery): a set of four numbers
6. (card games) four
7. quadrangle
8. 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	rei	jóquer, curinga