quartier

See also: Quartier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quartier.

Noun

quartier (plural quartiers)

  1. A quarter or district of an urban settlement in France.

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French

Etymology

From quart + -ier, possibly Medieval Latin quarterium, compare also Latin quartārium; cognate with Italian quartiere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʁ.tje/
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Noun

quartier m (plural quartiers)

  1. quarter, district (part of town), neighbourhood
  2. piece, chunk; segment (of fruit), quarter (of beef)
  3. (astronomy) quarter
  4. (dated) quarter, mercy

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Italian

Noun

quartier m (invariable)

  1. Apocopic form of quartiere

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Old French

Noun

quartier m (oblique plural quartiers, nominative singular quartiers, nominative plural quartier)

  1. Alternative form of quarter
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