different between quadrat vs quadra

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quadr?tum.

Noun

quadrat (plural quadrats)

1. (sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.

Derived terms

• photoquadrat
• subquadrat

Etymology 2

1683. Probably from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), originally from Latin quadr?tum (“square”). So called because the basic quadrat, the em quadrat, has a square face, having the same width as the height of a line of type.

Noun

quadrat (plural quadrats)

1. (letterpress typography, obsolete) A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
   • 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v 2, p 222–23:

     If his Title be ?hort, he Sets it in the middle of the Line, by Setting Quadrats on both ?ides: If his Title be long, he Sets the middle Line in the middle: If it make three or more Lines, he Indents the fir?t with an m Quadrat, and the other with two m Quadrats.

2. (Egyptology) A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.

Synonyms

• quad
• space

Derived terms

• quad

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quadr?tus, possibly a borrowing. Cf. caire, quadre.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kw??d?at/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kwa?d?at/

Noun

quadrat m (plural quadrats)

1. square

Adjective

quadrat (feminine quadrada, masculine plural quadrats, feminine plural quadrades)

1. square
2. squared

Related terms

• quadrar
• quadre
• caire
• cairar

Further reading

• “quadrat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quadrat” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “quadrat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quadrat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

quadrat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of quadr?

Tatar

Noun

quadrat

1. quadrat

Adjective

quadrat

1. quadratic, square

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