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English

Noun

quar (plural quars)

1. (obsolete) A quarry

   • A chrysolite, a gem, the very agate / Of state and policy, cut from the quar / Of Machiavel.

2. (slang) quarantine

Verb

quar (third-person singular simple present quars, present participle quarring, simple past and past participle quarred)

1. To choke or block (typically a river)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• quer

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kl?(u)ra, related to qos. Cognate to Ancient Greek ???????? (kladarós, “fragile”), Old Irish claidim (“to empty”).

Noun

quar m (indefinite plural qore, definite singular quari, definite plural qoret)

1. prison, cellar, shelter

Related terms

• qos

References

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kvar, French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwar/

Numeral

quar

1. four (4)

Old French

Alternative forms

• kar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/
• Homophones: kar, qar
• Rhymes: -ar

Conjunction

quar

1. for; because; due to this

Descendants

• French: car

English

Etymology

From French quart, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw??t/, /k??t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Noun

quart (plural quarts)

1. A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
2. (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
3. (obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

Translations

See also

• you can't get a quart into a pint pot

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quartus (“fourth”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kwa?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?kwart/

Adjective

quart (feminine quarta, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)

1. fourth

Usage notes

When quart is the ordinal number of a century or of a regnal name of a monarch or pope, it is written using Roman numerals following the noun. Thus Joan Quart is written Joan IV.

For most fractional numbers, the ordinal number is used to indicate the denominator of the fraction. Quart and its forms share the job of indicating fractional fourths with quarter and its forms. Exceptions to this rule include mig (“half”), terç (“third”), quarter (“quarter”), milionèsim (“millionth”), bilionèsim (“billionth”), ....

The feminine form of the ordinal is usually used as the collective noun for a set of like objects of that size. Instead of quart, qüern is used. Exceptions to the usual rule include parell (“set of 2”), qüern (“set of 4”), centenar (“set of 100”), grossa (“set of 144”), miler (“set of 1000”), and milenar (“1000”).

Synonyms

• (fraction): quarter

Derived terms

• quart creixent (waxing quarter moon):
• quart minvant (waning quarter moon):
• quart de rodó (quarter round molding):

Noun

quart m (plural quarts)

1. quarter hour
2. A political subdivision of the parishes La Massana, Ordino, and Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra.
3. (obsolete) barrel; unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pipe
4. (paper) quarto; paper size
5. (printing) quarto; book size
6. (castells) a casteller on the fourth level of a castell

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin qu?rtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?/
• Homophones: car, quarts
• Rhymes: -a?

Adjective

quart (feminine singular quarte, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)

1. (dated) fourth

Derived terms

• quart-monde

Noun

quart m (plural quarts)

1. quarter (fraction)
2. (Quebec) shift (period of work)

Derived terms

Related terms

• quatre
• quatuor

Further reading

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

Middle French

Adjective

quart m (feminine singular quarte, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)

1. fourth

Synonyms

• quatriesme

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French quart, from Latin quartus.

Noun

quart m (plural quarts)

1. (Guernsey) quarter (fraction)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

quart m (plural quarts)

1. (Jersey) watch

Old French

Adjective

quart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)

1. fourth

Noun

quart m (oblique plural quarz or quartz, nominative singular quarz or quartz, nominative plural quart)

1. quarter (1/4)
2. fourth (the ordinal position corresponding to four)