quarter

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
3. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
4. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
5. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
6. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
7. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
8. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
9. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
10. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
11. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
12. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
13. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
14. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
15. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
16. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
17. (archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Place or position.
18. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
19. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
20. (countable, often, plural, uncountable) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
21. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Relations between people.
22. (countable, uncountable) Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
23. (abbreviation, archaic, countable, uncountable) A quarterback.
24. (abbreviation, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
25. (abbreviation, countable, uncountable) A quarterfinal.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
2. (not-comparable) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%).
3. (not-comparable) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.

Verb

1. (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
2. (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
3. (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
4. (transitive) To quartersaw.
5. (historical, transitive) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
6. To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
7. (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.

Verb

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.

Concepts

quartier

quart

4th

trimestre

loger

cantonner

🚉

logement

écarteler

caserner

loge

merci

milieu

noire

pièce

pièce de vingt-cinq cents

poupe

💩

quatrième

4th

queue

tirer

voisinage

arrondissement

bas-fonds

billette

diviser en quartiers

franc-quartier

logis

diviser en quatre

quart-temps

quart arrière

couper en quatre

appartement

quart d'heure

canton

demi-lune

dessiner

équarrir

grâce

habitation

hébergement

Synonymes

district

fourth

4th

one-fourth

fourth part

neighborhood

area

neighbourhood

region

lodge

billet

direction

side

twenty-five cents

house

🏠

section

canton

mercy

part

locality

quartern

stern

tail

thigh

trimester

lodging

after part

draw and quarter

poop

💩

hand

✋

quarters

draw

room

shelter

two bits

barrack

quartering

quarterly

one-quarter

term

twenty-five percent

keep

city district

borough

residence

place

housing

accommodate

accommodation

quadrant

quad

quadrate

quadrature

reside

shantytown

slice

slum

stab

station

🚉

stay

street

ward

zone

caserne

a part a town

dwelling-place

part of town

place to live

place to stay

shanty town

subtense

cutting into four

society

district of town

one-four part

quadrisect

informal settlement

squatter settlement

cardinal compass point

quarter pound

cut into quarters

hind-quarter

one of four equal parts

slice four ways

apt.

ap’t

neighborhood

neighbourhood

toops

abolish

accord

administer

afford

apartment

apartment building

barrio

bed

🛏️

block

board

bunk

catalyze

chord

chunk

circle

⭕

city block

cleave

clemency

compass point

compound

confer

corner

coterie

cut up

devide

dichotomy

disarticulate

dismember

dwelling

fanny

field

flatlet

fraction

grace

grant

half

half moon

half-year

haunch

home

🏠

jab

joint

leg

🦵

location

pity

portion

protect

province

Traductions

Viertel

cuarto

4th

trimestre

barrio

Quartal

kwartaal

wijk

Vierteljahr

Stadtteil

Stadtviertel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈk(w)ɔːtə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: quarter

Appartenant à espagnol: cuarto

In summary

From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.

Phrases

One quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous .

Un quart de tous les prix pour la Première Guerre mondiale étaient posthumes.