quar

English

Noun

quar (plural quars)

1. (obsolete) A quarry.
   • 1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:

     A chrysolite, a gem, the very agate / Of state and policy, cut from the quar / Of Machiavel.

2. (slang) quarantine

Verb

quar (third-person singular simple present quars, present participle quarring, simple past and past participle quarred)

1. To choke or block (typically a river).

Albanian

Alternative forms

• quer

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *klā(u)ra, related to qos. Cognate to Ancient Greek κλᾰδᾰρός (klădărós, “fragile”), Old Irish claidim (“to empty”).

Noun

quar m (plural quarë, definite quari, definite plural quarët)

1. prison, cellar, shelter

Declension

Declension of quar

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	quar	quari	quarë	quarët
accusative		quarin
dative	quari	quarit	quarëve	quarëve
ablative			quarësh

Related terms

• qos

Further reading

• “quar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

Ido

Ido numbers ^(edit)

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←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: quar     Ordinal: quaresma     Adverbial: quarfoye     Multiplier: quaropla     Fractional: quarima

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kvar, French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwar/

Numeral

quar

1. four (4)

Old French

Alternative forms

• kar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k(w)aɾ/
• Homophones: kar, qar
• Rhymes: -ar

Conjunction

quar

1. for; because; due to this

Descendants

• French: car