different between quadrille vs basto

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?d???l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

French, in sense of “group of knights”, from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“square”) (compare also cuadra (“four”)), from Latin quadra.

Noun

quadrille (plural quadrilles)

1. A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
2. The music for this dance.
3. (card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
4. A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.

Translations

Verb

quadrille (third-person singular simple present quadrilles, present participle quadrilling, simple past and past participle quadrilled)

1. (intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
   • 1834, Arthur Courtenay, Autobiography and Letters of Arthur Courtenay (page 36)

     We quadrilled, waltzed, and conversed, in all of which my clever partner excelled; and her charms, combined with the excellent champagne I imbibed, fairly dazzled my imagination.

Etymology 2

From French quadrillé.

Noun

quadrille (plural quadrilles)

1. Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.

Derived terms

• quadrille paper

Related terms

• quad
• quadrella

References

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.d?ij/

Noun

quadrille m or f (plural quadrilles)

1. (bullfighting) cuadrilla

Verb

quadrille

1. first-person singular present indicative of quadriller
2. third-person singular present indicative of quadriller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quadriller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quadriller
5. second-person singular imperative of quadriller

Further reading

• “quadrille” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Spanish basto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæst??/

Noun

basto

1. The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.

   • Spadillio first, unconquerable Lord !
     Let off two captive trumps, and swept the board.
     As many more Manillio forc'd to yield,
     And march'd a victor from the verdant field.
     Him Basto follow'd, but his fate more hard
     Gain'd but one trump and one Plebeian card […]

Anagrams

• boast, boats, sabot

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish basto.

Noun

basto m (plural bastos)

1. (playing cards) Alternative form of bastó

Further reading

• “bastos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Esperanto

Noun

basto (accusative singular baston, plural bastoj, accusative plural bastojn)

1. bast

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bastum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bas.to/
• Rhymes: -asto
• Hyphenation: ba?sto

Noun

basto m (plural basti)

1. load
2. burden
3. packsaddle (A saddle designed to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal)

Verb

basto

1. first-person singular present of bastare

Portuguese

Verb

basto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of bastar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?basto/, [?bas.t?o]
• Homophone: vasto
• Hyphenation: bas?to

Etymology 1

Noun

basto m (plural bastos)

1. packsaddle, saddle pad
2. (card games) clubs

See also

Etymology 2

From bastar.

Adjective

basto (feminine basta, masculine plural bastos, feminine plural bastas)

1. rough, coarse
2. gross
3. homespun

Verb

basto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of bastar.

Further reading

• “basto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.