quarta

See also: Quarta

English

Etymology

From Portuguese quarta, from Latin quartus (“fourth”), q.v., in reference to the units making up one-fourth of the alqueire (“Portuguese bushel”) or arrantel (“Portuguese pound”). Doublet of quart, quater, and cuaderon.

Noun

quarta (plural quartas)

1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts.
2. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g.

Synonyms

• (unit of volume): Portuguese quart, quart (Portuguese contexts)
• (unit of mass): quarter, quarter-pound (Portuguese contexts)

Coordinate terms

• (unit of volume): celamim (¹⁄₈ quarta), maquia (¹⁄₄ quarta), oitava (¹⁄₂ quarta), alqueire (4 quartas)
• (unit of mass): oitava (¹⁄₂₄ quarta), onça (¹⁄₄ quarta), marco (2 quartas), libra (usually 3 quartas), arratel (4 quartas)

Catalan

Adjective

quarta

1. feminine singular of quart

Noun

la quarta

quarta f (plural quartes)

1. (music) fourth

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwar.ta/
• Rhymes: -arta
• Hyphenation: quàr‧ta

Etymology 1

Adjective

quarta

1. feminine singular of quarto

Etymology 2

Noun

quarta f (plural quarte)

1. (feminine of quarto) fourth
2. (school) fourth year, fourth form
3. fourth gear (in a motor vehicle)

Latin

Numeral

quārta

1. inflection of quārtus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Numeral

quārtā

1. ablative feminine singular of quārtus

References

• “quarta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quarta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• quarta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈkwah.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈkwah.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈkwaχ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɻ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ
• Hyphenation: quar‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin quartus (“fourth”). As a unit of dry measure, in reference to its making up one-fourth of the alqueire or Portuguese bushel. Cognate with Spanish cuarterón.

Alternative forms

• 4.ª (abbreviation)

Adjective

quarta

1. feminine singular of quarto

Noun

quarta f (plural quartas)

1. quarter, fourth
2. fourth gear
3. (fencing) quarte
4. Ellipsis of quarta-feira (“Wednesday”).
5. (historical) quarta, Portuguese quart, a traditional unit of dry volume equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts
6. (historical) quarta, Portuguese quarter-pound, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g

Coordinate terms

• (unit of dry volume): celamim (¹⁄₈ quarta), maquia (¹⁄₄ quarta), oitava (¹⁄₂ quarta), alqueire (4 quartas)
• (unit of mass): oitava (¹⁄₂₄ quarta), onça (¹⁄₄ quarta), marco (2 quartas), libra (usually 3 quartas), arrátel (4 quartas)

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: cwaata

Adverb

quarta (not comparable)

1. Ellipsis of quarta-feira (“on Wednesday”).

Etymology 2

Verb

quarta

1. inflection of quartar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Adjective

quarta f

1. feminine singular of quarto