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Etymology edit

From Latin quārtus (fourth), from quattuor (four), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (four).

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Adjective edit

kvart (plural and definite singular attributive kvarte)

  1. a quarter of, quarter-

Inflection edit

Inflection of kvart
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular kvart 2
Indefinite neuter singular kvart 2
Plural kvarte 2
Definite attributive1 kvarte
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun edit

kvart c (singular definite kvarten, plural indefinite kvarter)

  1. quarter (one of four equal parts)
    Synonym: fjerdedel c
  2. (music) fourth (interval)
  3. quarto (book size, paper size)
  4. (fencing) quarte

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Etymology edit

From Latin quartus.

Adjective edit

kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)

  1. a quarter of
    en kvart kiloa quarter (of a) kilo

Noun edit

kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvarter, definite plural kvartene)

  1. a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    kvart overquarter past
    kvart quarter to
  2. a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin quartus.

Adjective edit

kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)

  1. a quarter of
    ein kvart kiloa quarter (of a) kilo

Noun edit

kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvartar, definite plural kvartane)

  1. a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    kvart overquarter past
    kvart quarter to
  2. a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)
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Etymology 2 edit

Pronoun edit

kvart

  1. neuter singular of kvar

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From German Quart.

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Noun edit

kvȁrt m (Cyrillic spelling ква̏рт)

  1. neighborhood, area

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Slavomolisano edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian quarto.

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Noun edit

kvart m

  1. part of something
    • 2010, Luigi Peca, La guerre à Acquaviva:
      Na jena kvart, di jimahma kobilu, ne biša več hiža, bi sa sfunala.
      In one part, where we had the mare, the house wasn’t there anymore, it had collapsed.

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References edit

  • Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From French quart, from Latin quartus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeturtos ~ *kʷetwr̥tos.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kvɑːrt/, [kv̥ɑ̹ːʈ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʈ

Noun edit

kvart c

  1. (normally used in genitive: kvarts) a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    Helsingfors har en och en kvarts miljon invånare.
    Helsinki has one and a quarter million inhabitants.
  2. a quarter of an hour, 15 minutes
  3. (colloquial) a (small, shabby) lodging, often an apartment

Declension edit

Declension of kvart 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kvart kvarten kvartar kvartarna
Genitive kvarts kvartens kvartars kvartarnas

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