different between quid vs quadruple

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?d/, [k?w??d]
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quid (“what, something”), neuter singular of quis (“who”).

Noun

quid (plural quids)

1. The inherent nature of something.
2. (US, historical) A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).

Etymology 2

Likely derives from the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”), referring to the exchange of goods/services for money.

Noun

quid (plural quid or (rare) quids)

1. (historical) A sovereign or guinea.
   • 1870, Charles Reade, Put Yourself in His Place

     They invited him to come to-morrow, […] and bring half a quid with him.

2. (Britain, colloquial, slang) Pound sterling.

3. (Australia, colloquial) pound (before the 1966 currency change)
4. (Ireland, colloquial) pound, punt
5. (Ireland, colloquial) euro

Synonyms

• (pound sterling):
  • pound, pound sterling
  • (slang): nicker, sov

Derived terms

• quids in

Etymology 3

From Middle English quide, quede, from Old English cwidu, cwudu (“that which is chewed, cud”). Doublet of cud.

Noun

quid (plural quids)

1. A piece of chewing tobacco.
2. (US, colloquial) the act of chewing such tobacco

Verb

quid (third-person singular simple present quids, present participle quidding, simple past and past participle quidded)

1. To chew tobacco
2. (of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing

See also

Anagrams

• Qidu

French

Etymology

From Latin quid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwid/

Pronoun

quid

1. (formal) what about

   Synonyms: qu'en est-il de, quoi

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

quid m (invariable)

1. A certain something (that is somehow undefinable)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *k?id; compare *k?is.

The sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek ?? (tí).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /k?id/, [k??d?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwid/, [kwid?]

Pronoun

quid

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of quis

2. (internal accusative) what, how?
   • Aeneid 12.872 by Vergil

     Quid nunc t? tua, Turne, potest germ?na iuv?re?

     How will your sister help you now, Turnus?

Derived terms

• quid tibi nomen est?
• quid nomen tibi est?
• quid si? (what if?)

  Quid si illud addimus.

• quid tum? (what then? how then?)
• quid ergo (ironically)
• quid agis?
• quid ais?

Adverb

quid (not comparable)

1. why? what for?
   • Gesta Danorum (“deeds of the Danes”) by Saxo Grammaticus (in Latin caput 8, liber 1, translation in English chapter 8, book 1)

     Quid gladi? pugn?s incurv??

     Why do you fight with a bent sword?

Interjection

quid

1. well, why, what?

Derived terms

• quid n?, quidn?
• quid ita

Related terms

• quod
• quis

Descendants

References

• quid in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quid in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quid in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Spanish

Noun

quid m (plural quids or quid)

1. gist; point; crux

English

Etymology

From Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- +? -uple.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw?d??pl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw??d?up?l/
• Rhymes: -u?p?l

Adjective

quadruple (not comparable)

1. Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

Antonyms

• quarter (divided into four; one of four equal parts)

Translations

Verb

quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled)

1. (transitive) To multiply by four.

2. (intransitive) To increase by a factor of four.

3. (rail transport) To provide four parallel running lines on a given stretch of railway.

Antonyms

• quarter (divide by four)

Translations

See also

Further reading

• quadruple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• quadruple in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• quadrupel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadruplus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.d?ypl/, /kwa.d?ypl/

Adjective

quadruple (plural quadruples)

1. quadruple

   Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple.

2. (music) sixty-fourth note

Noun

quadruple m (plural quadruples)

1. Something that is equal to four times something else.

   Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale.

2. (Scrabble) A move whose score is multiplied by four.

   Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples.

   J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple.

3. (Scrabble) The area on the board where such a move is possible.

   Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene".

Related terms

• nonuple

Verb

quadruple

1. first-person singular present indicative of quadrupler
2. third-person singular present indicative of quadrupler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quadrupler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quadrupler
5. second-person singular imperative of quadrupler

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

quadruple f pl

1. feminine plural of quadruplo

Latin

Adjective

quadruple

1. vocative masculine singular of quadruplus