quarta
See also: Quarta
English
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese quarta, from Latin quartus (“fourth”), q.v., in reference to the units making up one-fourth of the alqueire (“Portuguese bushel”) or arrantel (“Portuguese pound”). Doublet of quart, quater, and cuaderon.
Noun
editquarta (plural quartas)
- (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts.
- (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g.
Synonyms
edit- (unit of volume): Portuguese quart, quart (Portuguese contexts)
- (unit of mass): quarter, quarter-pound (Portuguese contexts)
Coordinate terms
editCatalan
editAdjective
editquarta
Noun
editquarta f (plural quartes)
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editquarta
Etymology 2
editNoun
editquarta f (plural quarte)
Latin
editNumeral
editquārta
- inflection of quārtus:
Numeral
editquārtā
References
edit- “quarta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quarta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- quarta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Etymology 1
editFrom Latin quartus (“fourth”). As a unit of dry measure, in reference to its making up one-fourth of the alqueire or Portuguese bushel. Cognate with Spanish cuarterón.
Alternative forms
editNumeral
editquarta
Noun
editquarta f (plural quartas)
- quarter, fourth
- fourth gear
- (fencing) quarte
- Ellipsis of quarta-feira (“Wednesday”).
- (historical) quarta, Portuguese quart, a traditional unit of dry volume equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts
- (historical) quarta, Portuguese quarter-pound, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g
Coordinate terms
edit- (unit of dry volume): celamim (1⁄8 quarta), maquia (1⁄4 quarta), oitava (1⁄2 quarta), alqueire (4 quartas)
- (unit of mass): oitava (1⁄24 quarta), onça (1⁄4 quarta), marco (2 quartas), libra (usually 3 quartas), arrátel (4 quartas)
Descendants
edit- Kadiwéu: cwaata
Adverb
editquarta (not comparable)
- Ellipsis of quarta-feira (“on Wednesday”).
Etymology 2
editVerb
editquarta
- inflection of quartar:
Spanish
editAdjective
editquarta f
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