quarte
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Noun
quarte (countable and uncountable, plural quartes)
- (fencing) The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʁt/
Noun
quarte f (plural quartes)
- (music) fourth (music interval)
- quarte juste ― perfect fourth
- (fencing) quarte
Further reading
- “quarte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Latin
References
- quarte in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quarte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Old French
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