quaier

== Middle English == === Noun === quaier alternative form of quayer == Old French == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From Latin quaternus (“fourfold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈi̯eːɾ/ === Noun === quaier oblique singular, m (oblique plural quaiers, nominative singular quaiers, nominative plural quaier) quire ==== Derived terms ==== quaernet, quarnet (diminutive) ==== Descendants ==== French: cahier→ Chadian Arabic: كاية (kāye)→ Dutch: cahier→ English: cahier→ Esperanto: kajero→ Haitian Creole: kaye→ Polish: kajet→ Romanian: caiet→ Wolof: kaye → Middle English: quayer, quare, quaier, quayeer, quayere, quer, queyre, cwaier, cweier, quaer (Early Middle English), cwaer (AB language), qwayr (East Anglia)English: quireMiddle Scots: quar, quairScots: quair === References === quaier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Etymology and history of “cahier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012