tchetvert

English

Alternative forms

• chetvert

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian че́тверть (čétvertʹ, “quarter”). Doublet of cwierc.

Noun

tchetvert (plural tchetverts)

1. (historical) An obsolete Russian unit of capacity.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “tchetvert”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.