quarto

See also: Quarto

English

Etymology

From Latin quartus (“fourth”).

Noun

quarto (countable and uncountable, plural quartos)

1. (paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
   1. (UK) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
2. (printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
   • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 40:

     Beneath an old ebony table were two long carved oak chests. I lifted the lid of one, and at the top was a once-white surplice covered with dust, and beneath was a mass of tracts — Commonwealth Quartos, unbound — a prey to worms and decay.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• bad quarto
• sexagesimo-quarto
• vicesimo-quarto
• vigesimo-quarto

 

Translations

paper size

• Bulgarian: кварто n (kvarto)
• Catalan: quart (ca) m

book size

• Catalan: quart (ca) m

See also

• foolscap

Anagrams

• Quatro, quatro

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

quarto

1. fourthly

Further reading

• “quarto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Italian numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: quattro     Ordinal: quarto     Ordinal abbreviation: 4º     Adverbial: quattro volte     Multiplier: quadruplo     Collective: tutti e quattro     Fractional: quarto
Italian Wikipedia article on 4

Etymology

From Latin quartus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwar.to/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -arto
• Hyphenation: quàr‧to

Adjective

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

1. (ordinal number) fourth

Noun

quarto m (plural quarti)

1. quarter (part of a town)
2. (fractional number) quarter, fourth

Related terms

• capoquarto
• quarta
• quartetto
• quartiere
• quartile
• quartina
• quartino
• quarto d'ora
• quarto di finale
• quartogenito
• quartultimo

 

Latin

Numeral

quārtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of quārtus

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• quarto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuarto.

Noun

quarto m (plural quarte)

1. apartment

Derived terms

• quartino

References

• Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 167^[1]

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾ.tu/

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɹ.tʷ/
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtu, (Brazil) -aʁtu
• Hyphenation: quar‧to

Etymology 1

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: quatro     Ordinal: quarto     Ordinal abbreviation: 4.º, 4º     Multiplier: quádruplo     Fractional: quarto     Group: quarteto
Portuguese Wikipedia article on 4

quarto (bedroom)

From Old Galician-Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus.

Adjective

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

2. (ordinal number) fourth

Noun

quarto m (plural quartos)

2. (fractional number) quarter; fourth (one of four parts of a whole)
4. room (subdivision within a building)
6. (specifically) bedroom (room used to sleep in and keep personal objects)
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 400:

     Não devia estar num quarto particular?

     Shouldn't he be in a private room?

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

Synonyms

• (room): cómodo, câmara

Derived terms

• quarta, quartinho, quartilho

Etymology 2

Verb

quarto

1. first-person singular present indicative of quartar

Spanish

Adjective

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

1. Archaic form of cuarto.

Noun

quarto m (plural quartos)

1. Archaic form of cuarto.