quarto

From Latin quartus (“fourth”)

quarto (countable and uncountable, plural quartos)

1. (paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5")(190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25")(381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
   1. (Britain) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
2. (printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.

• (paper size): 4to, 4º
• (book size): Q

• foolscap

• Quatro

From Latin quartus.

quarto (feminine singular quarta, masculine plural quarti, feminine plural quarte)

1. fourth

quarto m (plural quarti, feminine quarta)

1. fourth (the one in fourth position)

quarto m (plural quarti)

1. quarter (fraction; part of a town), fourth (fraction)

• Appendix:Italian numbers

quārtō

1. dative masculine singular of quārtus
2. dative neuter singular of quārtus
3. ablative masculine singular of quārtus
4. ablative neuter singular of quārtus

• quarto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quarto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quarto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quarto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

• 4º (abbreviation, ordinal only)

From Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quartus.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaʁ.tu/
• Hyphenation: quar‧to

quarto m (feminine quarta, masculine plural quartos, feminine plural quartas)

1. ordinal form of quatro; fourth

quarto m (plural quartos)

1. quarter; fourth (one of four equal parts)
2. room (subdivision within a building)
3. (specifically) bedroom (room used to sleep in and keep personal objects)
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 400:

     Não devia estar num quarto particular?

     Shouldn't he be in a private room?

4. (historical) quarter (unit of volume for liquids equivalent to a quarter of a tun)

• (room): cómodo, câmara

quarto (feminine singular quarta, masculine plural quartos, feminine plural quartas)

1. Archaic form of cuarto.

quarto m (plural quartos)

1. Archaic form of cuarto.