quark

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• Received-Pronunciation: kwäk
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kwɑːk/
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• General-American: kwärk
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• General-American: /kwɑɹk/
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• dated: kwôrk
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• dated: /kwɔɹk/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)k
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• kväk reproducing the German pronunciation
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• /kvɑːk/ reproducing the German pronunciation
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• CMU ARPABET: K W AA1 R K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology 1 sense 1 (“subatomic particle”) was coined by the American physicist Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019) in 1963, apparently an arbitrary word. Subsequently, in a letter dated 27 June 1978 to the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary Supplement, Gell-Mann associated the word with the sentence “Three quarks for Muster Mark!” from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake (1939) and indicated that he pronounced the word /kwɔɹk/, reasoning that the sentence referred to a call in a pub for “three quarts”. However, the context in the book indicates that quark is probably a variant of quawk (“harsh call of a bird”) and was intended by Joyce to be pronounced /kwɑːk/, the modern pronunciation.

[Alt: A spoonful of quark cheese served with tomato slices on a plate] Borrowed from German Quark (“cottage cheese; curds; curd cheese”). Doublet of tvorog and twaróg.

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of the squawk.

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kwark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Albanian: kuarku — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Angika: क्वार्क (kvārk) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Arabic: كِوَرْكٌ — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Arabic: كوارك — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Armenian: քվարկ (kʻvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Asturian: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Azerbaijani: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Basque: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Belarusian: кварк (kvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Bengali: কোয়ার্ক (kōẇark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Bulgarian: кварк (kvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Burmese: ကွာ့ (kwa.) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Catalan: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Chinese Cantonese: 夸克 (kwaa1 hak1) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Chinese Mandarin: 夸克 (kuākè) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Chinese Mandarin: 層子 /层子 (céngzǐ) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Chuvash: кварк (kvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Czech: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Danish: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Dutch: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Esperanto: kvarko — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Estonian: kvargid — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Faroese: kvarkur — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Finnish: kvarkki — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• French: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Galician: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Georgian: კვარკი (ḳvarḳi) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• German: Quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Greek: κουάρκ (kouárk) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Haitian Creole: kwak — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Hebrew: קווארק (kavark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Hindi: क्वार्क (kvārk) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Hungarian: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Icelandic: kvarki — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Ido: quarko — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Indonesian: kuark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Irish: cuarc — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Italian: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Japanese: クォーク (kuwōku) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Kazakh: кварк (kvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Korean: 쿼크 (kwokeu) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Kyrgyz: кварк (kvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Lao: ຄວາກ (khuāk) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Latin: quarcum — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Latin: quaricum — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Latvian: kvarki — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Limburgish: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Lithuanian: kvarkas — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Luxembourgish: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Macedonian: ква́рк (kvárk) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Malay: kuark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Malayalam: ക്വാർക്ക് (kvāṟkkŭ) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Maltese: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Marathi: क्वार्क (kvārka) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Mongolian: кварк (kvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Nepali: क्वार्क (kwārka) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Occitan: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Oromo: kuwaarkii — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Pashto: کوارک — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Persian: کوارک (kuârk) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Polish: kwark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Portuguese: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Punjabi: ਕੁਆਰਕ (kuārak) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Punjabi: کوارک (koārk) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Romanian: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Russian: кварк (kvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Serbo-Croatian: ква̏рк — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Serbo-Croatian: kvȁrk — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Sicilian: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Slovak: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Slovene: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Lower Sorbian: kwark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Upper Sorbian: kwark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Spanish: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Spanish: cuark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Sundanese: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Swedish: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Tagalog: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Tajik: кварк (kvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Tamil: குவார்க்கு (kuvārkku) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Tatar: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Telugu: క్వార్క్ (kvārk) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Thai: ควาร์ก — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Turkish: kuark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Ukrainian: кварк (kvark) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Urdu: کوارک (kvārk) — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Uzbek: kvark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Venetan: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Vietnamese: quắc — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Waray-Waray: quark — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Welsh: cwarc — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Zulu: inkemfe — one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter
• Finnish: quark-luku — integer that uniquely identifies a text string
• Finnish: vähäpätöinen merkkijono — nonsense, trivial text string
• Abkhaz: аҳаҭашә (aḥataŝw) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Arabic: كُوَارْك (kuwārk) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Armenian: կաթնաշոռ (katʻnašoṙ) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Azerbaijani: kəsmik — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Bashkir: эремсек (eremsek) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Bats: კალტ (ḳalṭ) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Belarusian: тваро́г (tvaróh) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Bengali: কোয়ার্ক (kōẇark) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Bulgarian: извара (izvara) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Catalan: quark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Chechen: кӏалд (kʼald) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Chuvash: тӑпӑрчӑ (tăp̬ărč̬ă) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Czech: tvaroh — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Danish: kvark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Dutch: kwark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Dutch: plattekaas — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Estonian: kohupiim — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Faroese: kvarkur — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Finnish: maitorahka — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Finnish: rahka — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• French: quark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• French: caillé — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• French: faisselle — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• French: fromage blanc — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• French: maquée — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Galician: quark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Georgian: ხაჭო (xač̣o) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• German: Quark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• German: Topfen — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Bavarian German: Tschottn — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Hebrew: גבינת קווארק — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Hindi: क्वार्क (kvārk) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Hungarian: túró — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Ido: kazeo — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Indonesian: quark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Ingush: кӏолд (kʼold) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Italian: quark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Japanese: クワルク (kuwaruku) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Japanese: クォークチーズ (kuōku chīzu) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Javanese: quark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Kashubian: glëmza — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Korean: 크바르크 (keubareukeu) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Central Kurdish: toraq — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Central Kurdish: تۆراغ (toraẍ) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Latvian: biezpiens — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Latvian: kupināts piens — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Latvian: kupuša piens — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Lithuanian: varškės sūris — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Livvi: ruahto — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Luxembourgish: stoffi — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Macedonian: урда (urda) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Mingrelian: ხაჭო (xač̣o) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvarg — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvarg — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Persian: کوارک (kuârk) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Polish: twaróg — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Polish: biały ser — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Polish: ser biały — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Portuguese: quark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Russian: тво́рог (tvórog) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Russian: творо́г (tvoróg) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Serbo-Croatian: ква̀ргл — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Serbo-Croatian: kvàrgl — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Slovak: tvaroh — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Slovene: skuta — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Lower Sorbian: twarog — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Upper Sorbian: twaroh — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Spanish: quark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Spanish: requesón — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Svan: ნაჴიჩუ̂ (naqičû) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Swedish: kvarg — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Swedish: kvark — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Swedish: kesella — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Tatar: eremçek — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Turkish: kesmik — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Ukrainian: сир (syr) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Ukrainian: творо́г (tvoróh) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Urdu: کوارک (kvārk) — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Uzbek: tvorog — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Vilamovian: twiöeg — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Walloon: makêye — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk
• Welsh: cwarc — soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow’s milk