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Webster 1913 Edition
Quarto
Quar′to
,Adj.
Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.
Quar′to
,Noun.
pl.
Quartos
. Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quarto
QUART'O
,Noun.
QUART'O
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Quarto
Quarto
See also: quarto
Italian
Proper noun
Quarto f
- A municipality in the province of Naples (Campania)
- The letter Q in the Italian phonetic alphabet
Derived terms
quarto
quarto
See also: Quarto
English
Noun
quarto (plural quartos)
- (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).
- (Britain) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
- (printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
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Synonyms
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Italian
< 3rd | 4th | 5th > |
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Cardinal : quattro Ordinal : quarto | ||
Etymology
Adjective
quarto m (feminine singular quarta, masculine plural quarti, feminine plural quarte)
Noun
quarto m (plural quarti, feminine quarta)
- fourth (the one in fourth position)
Noun
quarto m (plural quarti)
Related terms
Related terms
See also
- Appendix:Italian numbers
Latin
Numeral
quartō
- dative masculine singular of quartus
- dative neuter singular of quartus
- ablative masculine singular of quartus
- 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
Alternative forms
- 4º (abbreviation, ordinal only)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quartus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
quarto m (feminine quarta, masculine plural quartos, feminine plural quartas)
Noun
quarto m (plural quartos)
- quarter; fourth (one of four equal parts)
- room (subdivision within a building)
- (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?
- Não devia estar num quarto particular?
- 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:
- (historical) quarter (unit of volume for liquids equivalent to a quarter of a tun)