quarter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈk(w)ɔːtə/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /ˈk(w)oːtə/
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• General-American: /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ɾɚ]
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• Scotland: /ˈk(w)ɔɾtəɾ/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K W AO1 R T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.

Borrowed from French cartayer.

326 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: çerek — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Arabic: رُبُع (rubuʕ) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Armenian: քառորդ (kʻaṙord) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Azerbaijani: rüb — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Azerbaijani: çərək — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Belarusian: чвэрць (čvercʹ) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Bulgarian: че́твърт (čétvǎrt) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Catalan: quart — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Catalan: quarter — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Chinese Mandarin: 四分之一 (sì fēn zhī yī) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Czech: čtvrt — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Danish: fjerdedel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Danish: kvart — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Dutch: kwart — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Dutch: vierdeel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Dutch: vierde — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Esperanto: kvarono — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Estonian: veerand — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Estonian: neljandik — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Faroese: fjórðingur — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Finnish: neljännes — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Finnish: neljäsosa — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• French: quart — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• French: quartier — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Galician: cuarto — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Georgian: მეოთხედი (meotxedi) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• German: Viertel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Bavarian German: Viadl — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Greek: τέταρτο (tétarto) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Greek: τεταρτημόριο (tetartimório) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Ancient Greek: τέταρτον (tétarton) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Hawaiian: hapahā — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Hebrew: רֹבַע (róva') — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Hindi: चौथाई (cauthāī) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Hungarian: negyed — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Icelandic: fjórðungur — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Ido: quarimo — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Indonesian: perempat — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Interlingua: quarto — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Interlingua: quarte parte — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Irish: ceathrú — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Italian: quarto — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Japanese: 四分の一 (yonbun no ichi) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Japanese: 四半 (shihan) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Japanese: 四半分 (shihanbun) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Kazakh: ширек (şirek) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Khmer: មួយភាគបួន (muəy phiek buən) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Korean: 4분의 1 (4bun-ui 1) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Korean: 사분의 일 (sabun-ui il) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Central Kurdish: چارەک (çarek) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Northern Kurdish: çarêk — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Kyrgyz: чейрек (ceyrek) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Latgalian: catūrtdale — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Latin: quadrans — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Latin: quarta — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Latvian: ceturtdaļa — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Lithuanian: ketvirtadalis — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Lithuanian: ketvirtis — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Macedonian: четвртина (četvrtina) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Malay: suku — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Malay: ڤرامڤت — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Malay: perempat — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Malayalam: കാല് (kāl) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Manchu: ᡨᡠᠪᡳ (tubi) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Manx: kerroo — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Māori: hauwhā — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Norman: quartchi — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Norwegian Bokmål: firedel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Norwegian Bokmål: fjerdedel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: firedel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fjerdedel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Pennsylvania German: Vardel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Persian: چارک (čârak) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Persian: ربع (rob') — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Persian: چهاریک (čahâryak) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Polish: ćwierć — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Portuguese: quarto — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Portuguese: quarta parte — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Quechua: yaqa — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Romanian: sfert — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Romanian: pătrime — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Romanian: pătrar — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Russian: че́тверть (čétvertʹ) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Russian: четвёртая — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Scottish Gaelic: ceathramh — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Scottish Gaelic: cairteal — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Serbo-Croatian: четврт — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Serbo-Croatian: četvrt — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Slovak: štvrť — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Slovene: četrt — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Slovene: četrtina — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Lower Sorbian: běrtyl — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Spanish: cuarto — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Spanish: cuartel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Swahili: robo — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Swedish: fjärdedel — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Swedish: kvart — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Swedish: kvarts — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Tajik: чоряк (čoryak) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Tamil: கால் (kāl) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Telugu: పావు భాగం (pāvu bhāgaṁ) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Telugu: నాలుగో వంతు (nālugō vantu) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Thai: เสี้ยว (sîao) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Thai: หนึ่งในสี่ (nʉng-nai-sìi) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Thai: หนึ่งส่วนสี่ (nʉng-sùuan-sìi) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Turkish: çeyrek — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Turkish: dördün — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Ukrainian: чверть (čvertʹ) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Uzbek: chorak — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Vietnamese: phần tư — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Volapük: foldil — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Welsh: chwarter — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Welsh: chwarter — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Yiddish: פֿערטל (fertl) — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Zazaki: çeyreg — one of four equal parts — see also one-fourth
• Burmese: မတ် (mat) — coin worth 25 cents
• Caribbean Hindustani: tjonnie — coin worth 25 cents
• Czech: čtvrťák — coin worth 25 cents
• Dutch: kwartje — coin worth 25 cents
• Finnish: neljännesdollari — coin worth 25 cents
• German: Vierteldollar — coin worth 25 cents
• Hindi: पावली (pāvlī) — coin worth 25 cents
• Hindi: चवन्नी (cavannī) — coin worth 25 cents
• Indonesian: setali — coin worth 25 cents
• Javanese: sêtali — coin worth 25 cents
• Central Kurdish: بیستوپێنج سەنت (bîstupênc sent) — coin worth 25 cents
• Navajo: naaki yáál — coin worth 25 cents
• Persian: بیست و پنج سنتی (bist o panj senti) — coin worth 25 cents
• Polish: ćwierćdolarówka — coin worth 25 cents
• Portuguese: moeda de vinte e cinco centavos — coin worth 25 cents
• Romanian: monedă de douăzeci și cinci cenți — coin worth 25 cents
• Russian: четверта́к (četverták) — coin worth 25 cents
• Saramaccan: kwaliki — coin worth 25 cents
• Spanish: cora — coin worth 25 cents
• Spanish: cuarto — coin worth 25 cents
• Sranan Tongo: kwartyi — coin worth 25 cents
• Sranan Tongo: tyawa — coin worth 25 cents
• Sranan Tongo: drisren — coin worth 25 cents
• Thai: เหรียญสลึง (rǐian-sà-lʉ̌ng) — coin worth 25 cents
• Ukrainian: четверта́к (četverták) — coin worth 25 cents
• Yiddish: קוואָדער (kvoder) — coin worth 25 cents
• Armenian: քառորդ (kʻaṙord) — period of three months
• Bulgarian: тримесечие (trimesečie) — period of three months
• Chinese Mandarin: 季度 (jìdù) — period of three months
• Crimean Tatar: kvartal — period of three months
• Czech: čtvrtletí — period of three months
• Czech: kvartál — period of three months
• Danish: kvartal — period of three months
• Dutch: kwartaal — period of three months
• Dutch: trimester — period of three months
• Esperanto: kvaronjaro — period of three months
• Estonian: kvartal — period of three months
• Faroese: ársfjórðingur — period of three months
• Finnish: neljännesvuosi — period of three months
• Finnish: vuosineljännes — period of three months
• French: trimestre — period of three months
• Georgian: კვარტალი (ḳvarṭali) — period of three months
• German: Quartal — period of three months
• German: Vierteljahr — period of three months
• Greek: τριμηνία (triminía) — period of three months
• Greek: τρίμηνο (trímino) — period of three months
• Hebrew: רִבְעוֹן — period of three months
• Hindi: तिमाही (timāhī) — period of three months
• Hindi: फसल (phasal) — period of three months
• Hindi: त्रैमासिक (traimāsik) — period of three months
• Hungarian: negyedév — period of three months
• Icelandic: fjórðungur — period of three months
• Ido: yaroquarimo — period of three months
• Ido: trimestro — period of three months
• Indonesian: kuartal — period of three months
• Indonesian: triwulan — period of three months
• Indonesian: trimester — period of three months
• Interlingua: trimestre — period of three months
• Irish: ráithe — period of three months
• Italian: trimestre — period of three months
• Japanese: 四半期 (shihanki) — period of three months
• Korean: 분기 (bun'gi) — period of three months
• Lithuanian: ketvirtis — period of three months
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvartal — period of three months
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvartal — period of three months
• Persian: فصل (fasl) — period of three months
• Persian: سهماهه (se-mâhe) — period of three months
• Polish: kwartał — period of three months
• Portuguese: trimestre — period of three months
• Romanian: trimestru — period of three months
• Russian: кварта́л (kvartál) — period of three months
• Russian: че́тверть (čétvertʹ) — period of three months
• Scottish Gaelic: ràith — period of three months
• Slovak: štvrťrok — period of three months
• Spanish: trimestre — period of three months
• Swedish: kvartal — period of three months
• Telugu: త్రైమాసికం (traimāsikaṁ) — period of three months
• Thai: ไตรมาส (dtrai-mâat) — period of three months
• Turkish: trimestır — period of three months
• Turkish: çeyrekyıl — period of three months
• Ukrainian: ква́ртал (kvártal) — period of three months
• Zazaki: çeyregser — period of three months
• Bulgarian: четръртина (četrǎrtina) — basketball period
• Estonian: veerandaeg — basketball period
• Greek: δεκάλεπτο (dekálepto) — basketball period
• Japanese: クォーター (kwōtā) — basketball period
• Korean: 쿼터 (kwoteo) — basketball period
• Swedish: period — basketball period
• Thai: ควอเตอร์ (kwɔɔ-dtə̂ə) — basketball period
• Thai: ควอร์เตอร์ (kwɔɔ-dtə̂ə) — basketball period
• Arabic: حَارَة (ḥāra) — section of a town
• Armenian: թաղամաս (tʻaġamas) — section of a town
• Belarusian: кварта́л (kvartál) — section of a town
• Bulgarian: кварта́л (kvartál) — section of a town
• Catalan: barri — section of a town
• Ngazidja Comorian: mraya — section of a town
• Czech: čtvrť — section of a town
• Danish: kvarter — section of a town
• Dutch: vierdeel — section of a town
• Dutch: wijk — section of a town
• Dutch: kwartier — section of a town
• Dutch: stadsdeel — section of a town
• Esperanto: kvartalo — section of a town
• Estonian: kvartal — section of a town
• Finnish: kaupunginosa — section of a town
• French: quartier — section of a town
• Galician: barrio — section of a town
• Georgian: კვარტალი (ḳvarṭali) — section of a town
• German: Stadtteil — section of a town
• German: Viertel — section of a town
• German: Veedel — section of a town
• German: Quartier — section of a town
• German: Kiez — section of a town
• Bavarian German: Viadl — section of a town
• Greek: τετράγωνο (tetrágono) — section of a town
• Greek: συνοικία (synoikía) — section of a town
• Ancient Greek: ἄμφοδον (ámphodon) — section of a town
• Ancient Greek: φάρσος (phársos) — section of a town
• Hebrew: רֹבַע — section of a town
• Hindi: मुहल्ला (muhallā) — section of a town
• Hungarian: negyed — section of a town
• Hungarian: városnegyed — section of a town
• Icelandic: fjórðungur — section of a town
• Icelandic: hverfi — section of a town
• Ido: quartero — section of a town
• Irish: ceathrú — section of a town
• Italian: quartiere — section of a town
• Japanese: 地区 (chiku) — section of a town
• Japanese: 街区 (gaiku) — section of a town
• Khmer: សង្កាត់ (sankat) — section of a town
• Ladino: maalé — section of a town
• Latin: vicus — section of a town
• Latin: plaga — section of a town
• Lithuanian: kvartalas — section of a town
• Norwegian: bydel — section of a town
• Norwegian: kvarter — section of a town
• Persian: محله (mahalle) — section of a town
• Polish: dzielnica — section of a town
• Portuguese: quarteirão — section of a town
• Romanian: cartier — section of a town
• Russian: кварта́л (kvartál) — section of a town
• Somali: xaafad — section of a town
• Lower Sorbian: běrtyl — section of a town
• Spanish: cuartel — section of a town
• Spanish: barrio — section of a town
• Spanish: cuadra — section of a town
• Swedish: stadsdel — section of a town
• Swedish: kvarter — section of a town
• Tamil: பேட்டை (pēṭṭai) — section of a town
• Tamil: பகுதி (pakuti) — section of a town
• Thai: เขต (kèet) — section of a town
• Thai: ย่าน (yâan) — section of a town
• Thai: แถบ (tɛ̀ɛp) — section of a town
• Turkish: semt — section of a town
• Turkish: mahalle — section of a town
• Turkish: civar — section of a town
• Turkish: bölge — section of a town
• Turkish: muhit — section of a town
• Turkish: yaka — section of a town
• Ukrainian: кварта́л (kvartál) — section of a town
• Volapük: harat — section of a town
• Volapük: tedaharat — section of a town
• Volapük: pöfanaharat — section of a town
• Volapük: luharat — section of a town
• Volapük: plödaharat — section of a town
• Zazaki: mahla — section of a town
• French: quartier — part on either side of a horse's hoof between toe and heel
• Georgian: კვარტალი (ḳvarṭali) — part on either side of a horse's hoof between toe and heel
• Hebrew: עֲגָבָה — Aftmost part of a vessel's side
• Hebrew: אַחְרָה (akhra) — Aftmost part of a vessel's side
• Hebrew: יַרְכָה (yarkha) — Aftmost part of a vessel's side
• Bulgarian: разделям на четири (razdeljam na četiri) — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Czech: čtvrtit — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Czech: rozčtvrtit — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Dutch: vierdelen — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Dutch: vierendelen — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Finnish: jakaa neljään osaan — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Finnish: jakaa neljällä — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Galician: cuartear — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• German: vierteln — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• German: vierteilen — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Greek: τεταρτιάζω (tetartiázo) — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Greek: διαιρώ (diairó) — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Hawaiian: pāhā — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Ido: quarpecigar — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Italian: squartare — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Japanese: 四分する (shibun suru) — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Japanese: 四分割する (yonbunkatsu suru) — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Latin: quadripartiō — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Norman: quarteller — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Polish: ćwiartować — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Polish: poćwiartować — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Spanish: cuartear — to divide into quarters; to divide by four
• Bulgarian: разквартирувам (razkvartiruvam) — to provide housing
• Dutch: kwartieren — to provide housing
• Dutch: inkwartieren — to provide housing
• Dutch: onderbrengen — to provide housing
• Finnish: majoittaa — to provide housing
• Galician: aloxar — to provide housing
• Galician: albergar — to provide housing
• German: quartieren — to provide housing
• German: einquartieren — to provide housing
• German: unterbringen — to provide housing
• German: aufnehmen — to provide housing
• Greek: φιλοξενώ (filoxenó) — to provide housing
• Ido: lojigar — to provide housing
• Ido: enkazernigar — to provide housing
• Ido: akantonar — to provide housing
• Polish: kwaterować — to provide housing
• Polish: zakwaterować — to provide housing
• Finnish: majoittua — to have a temporary residence — see also lodge