different between quadral vs quadra

English

Etymology

From New Latin quadralis, from quadru- (“four-”) + -alis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kw?d??l/

Noun

quadral (countable and uncountable, plural quadrals)

1. (grammar) A grammatical number referring to four (or more) things.
   • 2008, Martin Haspelmath, Language typology and language universals: an international handbook, volume 1, page 819:

     There is a question as to whether there are also languages with quadrals (for reference to four entities). However, having raised the issue of paucals, we shall first continue the analysis of these, and only then return to the question […]
2. (mathematics) A set of points with all the combinatorial properties of a quadric (a quadric being the set of points of PG(n, q) whose coordinates satisfy a quadratic equation).
3. (rhetoric) A set of four phrases, separated by pauses when speaking or commas when writing.
   • 1932, John Hubert Scott, Zilpha Emma Chandler, Phrasal patterns in English prose, page 268:

     thanks to the rhythma,

     in dividing correctly

     many simple quadrals,

     in more involved sentences

     our arrangement shows regularly

     these simple quadrals

     expanding into "periods,"

4. A foursome.

Adjective

quadral (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Referring to four (or more) things; of, in or relating to the quadral grammatical number.
2. (mathematics) Of or relating to quadral polynomials.

Usage notes

• No instance of this grammatical phenomenon has been attested in human languages. See also Grammatical number.

See also

• (grammatical numbers) grammatical number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural ^{(Category: en:Grammar)}

English

Etymology

From Latin quadra.

Noun

quadra (plural quadrae)

1. (architecture) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
2. A fillet, or listel.
3. A frame enclosing a bas relief.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.d?a/, /ka.d?a/

Noun

quadra m or f (plural quadras)

1. Clipping of quadragénaire.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin quadra.

Noun

quadra f (plural quadre)

1. (nautical) square sail, square rigged
2. square bracket

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

quadra

1. feminine singular of quadro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

quadra

1. inflection of quadrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?a.dra/, [?k?äd??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwa.dra/, [?kw??d???]

Noun

quadra f (genitive quadrae); first declension

1. square

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• quadra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quadra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• quadra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin quadra. Compare quadro.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?kwa.ð??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?kwa.d??/

Noun

quadra f (plural quadras)

1. block of buildings
2. sport venue; court
3. (poetry) a quatrain
4. season, period, time

5. (lottery): a set of four numbers
6. (card games) four
7. quadrangle
8. large square compound where samba schools practice

See also