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quartile

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any one of the four groups so divided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Examples

  • This school is ranked in the first quartile.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To divide into quartiles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

(statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mark, grade, score

History

Etymology

From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus. By surface analysis, quart + -ile.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: quartil — any of the three points
  • Chinese Mandarin: 四分位數 /四分位数 (sìfēnwèishù) — any of the three points
  • Czech: kvartil — any of the three points
  • Danish: kvartil — any of the three points
  • Estonian: kvartiil — any of the three points
  • Finnish: kvartiili — any of the three points
  • French: quartile — any of the three points
  • Galician: cuartil — any of the three points
  • German: Quartil — any of the three points
  • Indonesian: kuartil — any of the three points
  • Italian: quartile — any of the three points
  • Māori: hauwhātanga — any of the three points
  • Portuguese: quartil — any of the three points
  • Spanish: cuartil — any of the three points
  • Swedish: kvartil — any of the three points
  • Welsh: chwartel — any of the three points
  • Catalan: quartil — any of the four groups
  • Danish: kvartil — any of the four groups
  • Estonian: kvartiil — any of the four groups
  • Finnish: kvartiili — any of the four groups
  • French: quartile — any of the four groups
  • Galician: cuartil — any of the four groups
  • Indonesian: kuartil — any of the four groups
  • Portuguese: quartil — any of the four groups
  • Swedish: kvartil — any of the four groups
  • Welsh: chwartel — any of the four groups
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