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quaternary

/kˈwɒtəˌneɹi/KWO-tur-neh-ree
/kˈwɑtɚˌnɛɹi/KWAH-tur-neh-ree

Meaningfour

Common meaning: in fours

Other meanings: fourth in order

Journey through time

  1. Latinquattuor‘four’source
  2. Latinquaterni‘four at a time’source
  3. Frenchquaternairesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsfour at a time → in foursquaternary‘in fours’ · today

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.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin quattuor ‘four’.

Source words

  • quattuor Latin · source word “four”

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