quarte

Alternative forms

• carte

Etymology

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Noun

quarte (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

• aquert, quatre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁt/

Noun

quarte f (plural quartes)

1. (music) fourth (music interval)

   quarte juste ― perfect fourth

Further reading

• “quarte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

quarte

1. fourth

Adjective

quarte

1. feminine plural of quarto

Noun

quarte f

1. plural of quarta

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

Noun

quarte f (plural quartes)

1. (Jersey) quart

Adjective

quarte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)

1. fourth (ordinal adjective)