quaier

Old French

Alternative forms

• quaer
• quaern
• quaïer
• quair
• quayer

• quayere
• queir
• quer
• quier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaternī (“in fours”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwaˈi̯er/

Noun

quaier oblique singular, m (oblique plural quaiers, nominative singular quaiers, nominative plural quaier)

1. quire

Descendants

• → English: quire
• French: cahier

Derived terms

• quaernet, quarnet (diminutive)

References

• quaier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Etymology and history of “cahier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.