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quart

/kˈwɔːt/KWAWRT
/kˈwɔɹt/KWAWRT

Meaningfourth part

Common meaning: a unit of liquid capacity

Journey through time

  1. Latinquartasource
  2. Old Frenchquarte‘quarter’source
  3. Frenchquartesource
  4. Middle Englishquart‘quarter’source
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsquarter → a unit of liquid capacityquart‘a unit of liquid capacity’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin quarta ‘fourth part’.

Roots

  • quarta Latin “fourth part”

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