See also: Quarte and quarté

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French quarte.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quarte (countable and uncountable, plural quartes)

  1. (fencing) The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaʁt/
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Noun

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quarte f (plural quartes)

  1. (music) fourth (music interval)
    quarte justeperfect fourth
  2. (fencing) quarte

Further reading

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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quarte

  1. fourth

Italian

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Adjective

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quarte

  1. feminine plural of quarto

Noun

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quarte f

  1. plural of quarta

Latin

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Numeral

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quārte

  1. vocative masculine singular of quārtus

References

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  • quarte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quarte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norman

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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quarte f (plural quartes)

  1. (Jersey) quart

Old French

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Adjective

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quarte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)

  1. fourth (ordinal adjective)

Portuguese

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Verb

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quarte

  1. inflection of quartar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative