different between quartz vs quarte

English

Etymology

From German Quarz, from Middle High German (Central East German) quarz, twarc, from a West Slavic language [compare Polish twardy (“hard”), Czech tvrdý (“hard”), Russian ??????? (tvjórdyj, “hard”)], from Old Church Slavonic ?????? (tvr?d?, “firm”), from Proto-Slavic *tv?rd?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw??ts/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw??ts/, /k??ts/
• Homophone: courts (some accents)

Noun

quartz (countable and uncountable, plural quartzes)

1. (mineralogy) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:quartz

Derived terms

Related terms

• Colorado topaz

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

From German Quarz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa?ts/

Noun

quartz m (plural quartz)

1. quartz

   Synonym: cristal de roche

Descendants

• ? Catalan: quars

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• carte

Etymology

French quarte

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

quarte (countable and uncountable, plural quartes)

1. (fencing) The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.

Anagrams

• aquert, quatre

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?t/

Noun

quarte f (plural quartes)

1. (music) fourth (music interval)

2. (fencing) quarte

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Adjective

quarte

1. fourth

Italian

Adjective

quarte

1. feminine plural of quarto

Noun

quarte f

1. plural of quarta

Latin

Numeral

qu?rte

1. vocative masculine singular of qu?rtus

References

• quarte in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quarte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

quarte f (plural quartes)

1. (Jersey) quart

Old French

Adjective

quarte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)

1. fourth (ordinal adjective)