quatre-quarts
See also: quatre quarts
English
editNoun
editquatre-quarts (plural quatre-quarts)
- Alternative form of quatre quart
Noun
editquatre-quarts
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLiterally, “four quarters”, as it is one quarter each of flour, sugar, butter and eggs.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editquatre-quarts m (plural quatre-quarts)
- pound cake (dense yellow sponge)
Hypernyms
editDerived terms
edit- gâteau quatre-quarts
- quatre-quarts moelleux
- gâteau quatre-quarts moelleux
Descendants
edit- English: quatre quart
Further reading
edit- “quatre-quarts”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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