quaderno

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quaternus (attested as Medieval Latin quaternum), from Latin quaternī (“four at a time”), from quater (“four times”), from quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɛr.no/, [kwäˈd̪ɛr̺n̺o]

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• Hyphenation: qua‧dèr‧no
• Rhymes: -ɛrno

Noun

quaderno m (plural quaderni)

1. notebook, notepad
2. A school exercise book
   • 2012, Silvana Poli, Gianna Frisco & Maria Rosaria Russo, Scrivere in corsivo. Attività di pregrafismo e sulle lettere, Erickson, →ISBN, page 9.

     Il quaderno inizia con una prima parte di pregrafismo rivolta ai bambini a partire dall'ultimo anno della scuola dell'infanzia.

3. (obsolete) check register
4. (codicology) A booklet composed of four sheets (of parchment, paper or papyrus).
5. (publishing) Any issue of a work published in episodes.
6. (obsolete, figuratively) A situation unfolding as a succession of events (i.e. like pages from a notebook).
7. (obsolete, figuratively, poetry) quatrain

Derived terms

Derived terms

• acquadernare
• quadernaccio
• quadernetto

• quadernino
• quadernone
• quadernuccio

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Portuguese

Noun

quaderno m (plural quadernos)

1. Obsolete form of caderno.