quar

English

Noun

quar (plural quars)

1. (obsolete) A quarry
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     A chrysolite, a gem, the very agate / Of state and policy, cut from the quar / Of Machiavel.

2. (slang) quarantine

Verb

quar (third-person singular simple present quars, present participle quarring, simple past and past participle quarred)

1. To choke or block (typically a river)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• quer

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *klā(u)ra, related to qos. Cognate to Ancient Greek κλᾰδᾰρός (kladarós, “fragile”), Old Irish claidim (“to empty”).

Noun

quar m (plural qore, definite quari, definite plural qoret)

1. prison, cellar, shelter

Related terms

• qos

Ido

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Cardinal: quar     Ordinal: quaresma     Adverbial: quarfoye     Multiplier: quaropla     Fractional: quarima

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kvar, French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwar/

Numeral

quar

1. four (4)

Old French

Alternative forms

• kar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k(w)aɾ/
• Homophones: kar, qar
• Rhymes: -ar

Conjunction

quar

1. for; because; due to this

Descendants

• French: car