different between quater vs quarters

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

quater (not comparable)

1. four times

References

• quater in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quater in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) quatter

Etymology

From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres.

Number

quater

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) four

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

quarters

1. plural of quarter.

Noun

quarters

1. (plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
2. (by extension) The place where someone or something lives
   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]

     The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters.

3. A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
4. Quarterfinals.

Verb

quarters

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarter

Translations

Catalan

Noun

quarters

1. plural of quarter

French

Noun

quarters m

1. plural of quarter