quartier

See also: Quartier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quartier. Doublet of quarter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑː(ɹ)tiˈeɪ/
  • Homophone: Cartier
  • (file)

Noun

quartier (plural quartiers)

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʁ.tje/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: cartier

Noun

quartier m (plural quartiers)

  1. quarter, district (part of town), neighbourhood
    Gros-Caillou est l’un des quartiers les plus riches de Paris.
    Gros-Caillou is one of the richest neighborhoods in Paris.
    un quartier ouvrier ― a working-class district
    le quartier chinois ― Chinatown
  2. piece, chunk; segment (of fruit), quarter (of beef)
  3. (astronomy) quarter
    le premier quartier de lune ― the first quarter moon
    le dernier quartier de lune ― the last quarter moon
  4. (dated) quarter, mercy

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: quartier
  • → German: Quartier
  • → Italian: quartiere
  • → Portuguese: quartel
  • → Romanian: cartier
  • → Spanish: cuartel

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Anagrams

Italian

Noun

quartier m (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of quartiere

Derived terms

Middle English

Noun

quartier

  1. Alternative form of quarter

Old French

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of quarter
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