different between quartz vs quarto

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

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.