three-quarters

See also: threequarters and three quarters

English

Alternative forms

• three quarters

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /θɹiˈk(w)ɔɹtɚz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θɹiːˈkwɔːtəz/

Noun

three-quarters (uncountable)

1. Three of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).

   Synonyms: three-quarter, (chiefly U.S.) three-fourths

   three-quarters of the population

   three-quarters majority

   • 2013 June 3, Brad Harrington, “Behind the Data on Breadwinner Mothers”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The role of men is evolving even in the three-quarters of dual-parent families in which fathers are the primary breadwinners.

2. forty-five minutes

   It took two hours and three-quarters to get home.

Translations

3/4

• Catalan: tres quarts
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四分之三 (sì fēn zhī sān), 4分之3

• Czech: tři čtvrtiny
• Dutch: driekwart (nl), drievierde
• Estonian: kolm neljandikku
• Finnish: kolme neljäsosaa
• French: trois quarts pl
• German: drei Viertel pl
• Hungarian: háromnegyed (hu)
• Italian: tre quarti
• Japanese: 四分の三 (よんぶんのさん, yon bun no san), 三四半 (さんしはん, sanshihan)
• Latin: dodrans
• Mokilese: jilkij pahw
• Polish: trzy czwarte (pl)
• Punjabi: ਪੌਣ f (pauṇ)
• Russian: три че́тверти pl (tri čétverti)
• Spanish: tres cuartos m pl, tres cuartas f pl
• Swedish: trekvart (sv)

45 minutes

• Finnish: kolme varttia
• German: Dreiviertelstunde (de) f

See also

• Thesaurus:fraction
• Appendix:English numerals

Further reading

• “three-quarters”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “three-quarters”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “three-quarters”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “three-quarters” (US) / “three-quarters” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• "three-quarters" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.