quarte

See also: Quarte and quarté

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

French quarte

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Noun

quarte (countable and uncountable, plural quartes)

  1. (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.

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʁt/

Noun

quarte f (plural quartes)

  1. (music) fourth (music interval)
    quarte justeperfect fourth
  2. (fencing) quarte

Further reading


Interlingua

Adjective

quarte

  1. fourth

Italian

Adjective

quarte

  1. feminine plural of quarto

Noun

quarte f

  1. plural of quarta

Latin

Numeral

quārte

  1. vocative masculine singular of quārtus

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

Norman

Noun

quarte f (plural quartes)

  1. (Jersey) quart

Old French

Adjective

quarte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)

  1. fourth (ordinal adjective)
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