quart
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French quart, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwɔːt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kwɔɹt/, /kɔɹt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Noun[edit]
quart (plural quarts)
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- 1908, Cavendish, The laws of piquet adopted:
- A tierce major is good against any other tierce; a quart minor is good against a tierce major.
- (obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 14:
- Camber did possesse the Westerne quart.
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Catalan[edit]
40[a], [b] | ||
← 3 | 4 | 5 → [a], [b], [c] |
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quart Ordinal abbreviation: 4t Multiplier: quàdruple | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on 4 |
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quartus (“fourth”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quart (feminine quarta, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)
Synonyms[edit]
- (fraction): quarter
Derived terms[edit]
- quart creixent (waxing quarter moon):
- quart minvant (waning quarter moon):
- quart de rodó (quarter round molding):
Noun[edit]
quart m (plural quarts)
- (fractional number) quarter hour
- A political subdivision of the parishes La Massana, Ordino, and Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra.
- (obsolete) barrel; unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pipe
- (paper) quarto; paper size
- (printing) quarto; book size
- (castells) a casteller on the fourth level of a castell
Usage notes[edit]
Particularly in Catalonia, it is common to tell time by counting quarters of the next hour. For example:
- 2:15 un quart de tres (= dos i quart)
- 2:30 dos quarts de tres (= dos i mitja)
- 2:45 tres quarts de tres (= tres menys quart = falta un quart per a les tres)
The equivalents given in parentheses are more common in Valencia and the Balearic Islands.
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Further reading[edit]
- “quart” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
40 | ||
← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quatrième Ordinal abbreviation: 4e, (nonstandard) 4ème Multiplier: quadruple Fractional: quart | ||
French Wikipedia article on 4 |
quart (feminine quarte, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
← 3 | 4 | |
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quatrième Ordinal abbreviation: 4e, (nonstandard) 4ème Multiplier: quadruple Fractional: quart | ||
French Wikipedia article on 4 |
quart m (plural quarts)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “quart”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quart m (feminine singular quarte, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)
Synonyms[edit]
Norman[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French quart, from Latin quartus.
Noun[edit]
quart m (plural quarts)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun[edit]
quart m (plural quarts)
Old French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)
- fourth
- le quart jour
- the fourth day
Noun[edit]
quart m (oblique plural quarz or quartz, nominative singular quarz or quartz, nominative plural quart)
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