quar

English

Noun

quar (plural quars)

1. (obsolete) A quarry.
   • Ben Jonson

     A chrysolite, a gem, the very agate / Of state and policy, cut from the quar / Of Machiavel.

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• quer

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *klā(u)ra, related to qos. Cognate to Ancient Greek κλᾰδᾰρός (kladarós, “fragile”), Old Irish claidim (“to empty”).

Noun

quar m (plural qore, definite quari, definite plural qoret)

1. prison, cellar, shelter

Related terms

• qos

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Ido

Ido cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : quar     Ordinal : quaresma     Adverbial : quarfoye     Multiplier : quaropla     Fractional : quarima
Ido Wikipedia article on 4_(nombro)

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kvar, French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwar/

Numeral

quar

1. four (4)

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Novial

Novial cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quar     Ordinal : quaresmi

Numeral

1. four

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Old French

Alternative forms

• kar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwar/
• Homophones: kar, qar
• Rhymes: -ar

Conjunction

quar

1. for; because; due to this

Descendants

• French: car