quatre-quarts

French

Etymology

Literally "four quarters", as it is one quarter each of flour, sugar, butter and eggs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tʁə.kaʁ/

Noun

quatre-quarts m (plural quatre-quarts)

1. pound cake (dense yellow sponge)

Further reading

• “quatre-quarts”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.