quarter

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈk(w)ɔːtə/ (Standard Southern British, Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈk(w)oːtə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/, [ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ɾɚ] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈk(w)ɔɾtəɾ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier. ==== Noun ==== quarter (countable and uncountable, plural quarters) A fourth part of something. (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part. [from 14th c.] (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location. [from 13th c.] A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams. [from 14th c.] (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.] (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.] (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season. [from 14th c.] (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour. [from 15th c.] (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight. [from 15th c.] (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side. [from 15th c.] (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. [from 18th c.] Synonym: two bits (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided. [from 19th c.] (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods. Place or position. A region or place. [from 13th c.] Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass. [from 14th c.] A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. [from 16th c.] One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff. [from 16th c.] (figurative, archaic) A topic or area of endeavour. (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern. [from 16th c.] 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 80: I was one morning walking the deck, when Rogers, whose watch it was, sitting upon the quarter, called to me in his usual style, ‘Come here, Bill.’ (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin. [from 16th c.] The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp. (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests. (obsolete) Relations between people. [17th c.] Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed. [from 17th c.] Short forms. (now rare, rugby, American football) A quarterback. [from 19th c.] (military slang, now rare) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant. [from 20th c.] A quarterfinal. [from 20th c.] ===== Synonyms ===== (one of four equal parts): fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, ¼ (period of three consecutive months): trimester, cour (section of a town): district; ward; neighborhood; ghetto (pejorative); borough (New York City); capitoulate (Toulouse, historical) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== quart ===== Descendants ===== → Marshallese: kuwata → Welsh: chwarter ===== Translations ===== ===== References ===== ==== Adjective ==== quarter (not comparable) Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter. (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1⁄4, 25%). (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year. ===== Usage notes ===== Often used in a combining form quarter-. ===== Antonyms ===== quadruple ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== quarter (third-person singular simple present quarters, present participle quartering, simple past and past participle quartered) (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four. (transitive) To provide housing for (usually military personnel or equipment). (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence. (transitive) To quartersaw. (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions. (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield. (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point. ===== Synonyms ===== (to have a temporary residence): stay over, stop; See also Thesaurus:sojourn ===== Antonyms ===== quadruple (multiply by four) ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== draw and quarter requarter ==== References ==== Adjective "quarter" at Merriam-Webster "quarter" in Harrap's Shorter, 2006, p. 761 === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French cartayer. ==== Verb ==== quarter (third-person singular simple present quarters, present participle quartering, simple past and past participle quartered) (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels. == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin quārtārius. In the military senses, influenced by French quartier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kwərˈte̞] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [kwərˈte] IPA(key): (Valencia) [kwaɾˈteɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kwarˈte] === Noun === quarter m (plural quarters) fourth (especially of an animal) quarter (nautical) trapdoor ==== Synonyms ==== (fourth): quart (urban area): barri, districte (barracks): caserna ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “quarter”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “quarter”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “quarter” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quarter”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Etymology === From English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʁ.te/ === Noun === quarter m (plural quarters) quarter (old measure of corn) === Further reading === “quarter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === traquer == Middle English == === Alternative forms === quartere, quartier, quartre, quater, quatere, quatter, qwarter, wharter === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwarˈteːr/, /ˈkwartər/ === Noun === quarter (plural quarters) A quarter (fourth part of something): A quarter of a whole chicken. One of the four divisions of the earth or sky. A quarter of the year; a three-month period. A quarter of the night; a three-hour period. A quarter of an hour; a 15-minute period. One of the moon's four phases. (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms. One of various units of measure: A unit of capacity (being a quarter of another measure). A unit of weight (often a quarter of an ounce or pound). A unit of length (nine inches; being quarter of an ell). Any part, portion, or fragment. A region, locale or place. A certain fencing maneuver. (rare) A direction; a way. ==== Descendants ==== English: quarter Scots: quarter, corter Yola: curthere, cortere ==== References ==== “quartẹ̄̆r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Alternative forms === quartier (chiefly mainland Europe) === Noun === quarter oblique singular, m (oblique plural quarters, nominative singular quarters, nominative plural quarter) (chiefly Anglo-Norman) quarter (one fourth) === References === quarter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “quartier”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.