Italian

Proper noun

Quarto f

1. A municipality in the province of Naples (Campania)
2. The letter Q in the Italian phonetic alphabet

Derived terms

• quartese

English

Noun

quarto ‎(plural quartos)

1. (paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5")(190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25")(381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
   1. (Britain) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
2. (printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.

Translations

Synonyms

• (paper size): 4to, 4º
• (book size): Q

See also

• foolscap

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quartus.

Adjective

quarto m ‎(feminine singular quarta, masculine plural quarti, feminine plural quarte)

1. fourth

Noun

quarto m ‎(plural quarti, feminine quarta)

1. fourth (the one in fourth position)

Noun

quarto m ‎(plural quarti)

1. quarter (fraction; part of a town), fourth (fraction)

Related terms

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Latin

Numeral

quartō

1. dative masculine singular of quartus
2. dative neuter singular of quartus
3. ablative masculine singular of quartus
4. ablative neuter singular of quartus

References

• quarto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quarto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• QUARTO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quarto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

quarto (bedroom)

Alternative forms

• 4º (abbreviation, ordinal only)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quartus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaʁ.tu/
• Hyphenation: quar‧to

Adjective

quarto m ‎(feminine quarta, masculine plural quartos, feminine plural quartas)

1. ordinal form of quatro; fourth

Noun

quarto m (plural quartos)

1. quarter; fourth (one of four equal parts)
2. room (subdivision within a building)
3. (specifically) bedroom (room used to sleep in and keep personal objects)
   • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 400:

     Não devia estar num quarto particular?

     Shouldn't he be in a private room?

4. (historical) quarter (unit of volume for liquids equivalent to a quarter of a tun)

Synonyms

• (room): cómodo, câmara

Spanish

Adjective

quarto m ‎(feminine singular quarta, masculine plural quartos, feminine plural quartas)

1. Archaic form of cuarto.

Noun

quarto m ‎(plural quartos)

1. Archaic form of cuarto.