different between quarto vs folio

English

Etymology

From Latin quartus (“fourth”)

Noun

quarto (countable and uncountable, plural quartos)

1. (paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
   1. (Britain) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
2. (printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.

Synonyms

• (paper size): 4to, 4º
• (book size): Q

Translations

See also

• foolscap

Anagrams

• Quatro, quatro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quartus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

quarto (feminine quarta, masculine plural quarti, feminine plural quarte)

1. fourth

Noun

quarto m (plural quarti, feminine quarta)

1. fourth (the one in fourth position)

Noun

quarto m (plural quarti)

1. quarter (fraction; part of a town), fourth (fraction)

Related terms

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Latin

Numeral

qu?rt?

1. dative masculine singular of qu?rtus
2. dative neuter singular of qu?rtus
3. ablative masculine singular of qu?rtus
4. ablative neuter singular of qu?rtus

References

• quarto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quarto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quarto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quarto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• 4º (abbreviation, ordinal only)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quartus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?kwa?.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?kwa?.tu/, [?k?ä?.t??]
• Hyphenation: quar?to

Adjective

quarto m (feminine quarta, masculine plural quartos, feminine plural quartas)

2. ordinal form of quatro; fourth

Noun

quarto m (plural quartos)

2. quarter; fourth (one of four equal parts)
4. room (subdivision within a building)
6. (specifically) bedroom (room used to sleep in and keep personal objects)
8. (historical) quarter (unit of volume for liquids equivalent to a quarter of a tun)

Synonyms

• (room): cómodo, câmara

Spanish

Adjective

quarto (feminine quarta, masculine plural quartos, feminine plural quartas)

1. Archaic form of cuarto.

Noun

quarto m (plural quartos)

1. Archaic form of cuarto.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin foli?, the ablative singular form of folium (“a leaf; a sheet or leaf of paper”). Doublet of foil and folium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??l???/, /?f??lj??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fo?li?o?/
• Rhymes: -??lj??
• Hyphenation: fo?lio

Noun

folio (plural folios)

1. a leaf of a book or manuscript
2. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
3. (printing) A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
4. (paper) A sheet of paper folded in half.
5. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
6. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
7. (law, dated, 19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
8. A wrapper for loose papers.

Synonyms

• (book consisting of sheets folded in half): F, f, fo, 2º

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• folio post

See also

Verb

folio (third-person singular simple present folios, present participle folioing, simple past and past participle folioed)

1. to put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page

   Synonym: foliate

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin folium (“leaf, sheet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo?lio/
• Hyphenation: fo?li?o
• Rhymes: -io
• Audio:

Noun

folio (accusative singular folion, plural folioj, accusative plural foliojn)

1. (botany) leaf
2. sheet

Derived terms

Finnish

Noun

folio

1. foil (very thin sheet of metal)

Declension

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto folio., from Latin folium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?foli?o/

Noun

folio (plural folii)

1. (botany) leaf
2. (thin) sheet
3. folio (leaf/sheet of paper)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fo.li.o?/, [?f?lio?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fo.li.o/, [?f??li?]

Noun

foli? n

1. dative singular of folium
2. ablative singular of folium

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin folio

Noun

folio n (uncountable)

1. folio

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

folio m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. folio

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin folium. Cf. also hoja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?foljo/, [?fo.ljo]

Noun

folio m (plural folios)

1. folio