quadern

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quaternum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kwəˈðɛrn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kwaˈðɛɾn]

Noun

quadern m (plural quaderns)

1. booklet
2. (printing) signature; A group of four pages printed so that when folded, they become a section of a book
3. five sheets of paper; one fifth of a mà (“quire”); one hundredth of a raima (“ream”)

Derived terms

• enquadernar
• quaderna
• quadernal

 

Further reading

• “quadern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quadern”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “quadern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quadern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.