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quarter

/kˈwɔːtə/KWAWR-tur
/kˈwɔɹtɚ/KWAWR-tur

Meaninga fourth

Common meaning: one of four equal parts

Journey through time

  1. Latinquattuor; quadrus‘four’
  2. Frenchquarter
  3. Middle Englishquartersource
  4. Englishquarter‘one of four equal parts’ · today

quart also in: squarequadrantquadruple

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin quattuor; quadrus ‘four; four-sided’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry quattuor, p. 1501 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SQUARE, p. 587 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

quadrantquadruplesquare

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