quartier

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See also: Quartier and quartièr

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French quartier. Doublet of quarter.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɑː(ɹ)tiˈeɪ/
  • Homophone: Cartier
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun[edit]

quartier (plural quartiers)

  1. A quarter or district of an urban settlement in France.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From quart +‎ -ier, possibly Medieval Latin quarterium, compare also Latin quartārium; cognate with Italian quartiere.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

quartier m (plural quartiers)

  1. quarter, district (part of town), neighbourhood
    Le Gros-Caillou est l’un des quartiers les plus riches de Paris.
    Gros-Caillou is one of the richest neighborhoods in Paris.
    un quartier ouvrier ― a working-class district
    le quartier chinois ― Chinatown
  2. (France, chiefly in the plural) impoverished neighbourhood, often suburban
    Des jeunes issus des quartiers sont à l’origine de ces vols ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. piece, chunk; segment (of fruit), quarter (of beef)
  4. (astronomy) quarter
    le premier quartier de lune ― the first quarter moon
    le dernier quartier de lune ― the last quarter moon
  5. (dated) quarter, mercy

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Descendants[edit]

  • → English: quartier
  • → German: Quartier
  • → Italian: quartiere
  • → Portuguese: quartel
  • → Romanian: cartier
  • → Spanish: cuartel

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Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

quartier m (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of quartiere

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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

quartier

  1. Alternative form of quarter

Occitan[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

quartier m (plural quartiers) (Provençal)

  1. quarter, neighbourhood

Old French[edit]

Noun[edit]

quartier oblique singular, m (oblique plural quartiers, nominative singular quartiers, nominative plural quartier)

  1. Alternative form of quarter
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