quar

English

Noun

quar (plural quars)

  1. (obsolete) A quarry.
    • Ben Jonson
      A chrysolite, a gem, the very agate / Of state and policy, cut from the quar / Of Machiavel.

Albanian
Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *klā(u)ra, related to qos. Cognate to Ancient Greek κλᾰδᾰρός (kladarós, “fragile”), Old Irish claidim (“to empty”)[1].

Noun

quar m (indefinite plural qore, definite singular quari, definite plural qoret)

  1. prison, cellar, shelter

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.363

Ido
Ido cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quar
    Ordinal : quaresma
    Adverbial : quarfoye
    Multiplier : quaropla
    Fractional : quarima
Ido Wikipedia article on quar

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)

Novial
Novial cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quar
    Ordinal : quaresmi

Numeral

quar

  1. four


Old French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kwar/
  • Homophones: kar, qar
  • Rhymes: -ar

Conjunction

quar

  1. for; because; due to this

Descendants
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