quaier

Old French

Alternative forms

quaer
quaïer
quair
quayer

quayere
queir
quer
quier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaternī (“in fours”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwaˈi̯er/

Noun

quaier m (oblique plural quaiers, nominative singular quaiers, nominative plural quaier)

quire

Descendants

English: quire (borrowed)
French: cahier

References

quaier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
“cahier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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