# quarta
## English
### Etymology

From Portuguese quarta, from Latin quartus (“fourth”), q.v., in reference to the units making up one-fourth of the alqueire (“Portuguese bushel”) or arrantel (“Portuguese pound”). Doublet of quart, quater, and cuaderon.

### Noun

quarta (plural quartas)
* (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts.
* (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g.

#### Synonyms

* (unit of volume): Portuguese quart, quart (Portuguese contexts)
* (unit of mass): quarter, quarter-pound (Portuguese contexts)

#### Coordinate terms

* (unit of volume): celamim ($^1$⁄$_8$ quarta), maquia ($^1$⁄$_4$ quarta), oitava ($^1$⁄$_2$ quarta), alqueire (4 quartas)
* (unit of mass): oitava ($^1$⁄$_{24}$ quarta), onça ($^1$⁄$_4$ quarta), marco (2 quartas), libra (usually 3 quartas), arratel (4 quartas)

## Catalan
### Adjective

quarta
* feminine singular of quart

### Noun

quarta f (plural quartes)
* (music) fourth

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwar.ta/
* Rhymes: -arta
* Hyphenation: quàr‧ta

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

quarta
* feminine singular of quarto

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

quarta f (plural quarte)
* (feminine of quarto) fourth
* (school) fourth year, fourth form
* fourth gear (in a motor vehicle)

## Latin
### Numeral

quārta
* inflection of quārtus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

### Numeral

quārtā
* ablative feminine singular of quārtus

### References

* “quarta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* quarta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* quarta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkwaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈkwah.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkwaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈkwah.tɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈkwaɾ.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkwaʁ.tɐ/ [ˈkwaχ.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkwaɻ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkwaɾ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtɐ, (Brazil) -aʁtɐ
* Hyphenation: quar‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Latin quartus (“fourth”). As a unit of dry measure, in reference to its making up one-fourth of the alqueire or Portuguese bushel. Cognate with Spanish cuarterón.

#### Alternative forms

* 4.ª (abbreviation)

#### Adjective

quarta
* feminine singular of quarto

#### Noun

quarta f (plural quartas)
* quarter, fourth
* fourth gear
* (fencing) quarte
* Ellipsis of quarta-feira (“Wednesday”).
* (historical) quarta, Portuguese quart, a traditional unit of dry volume equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts
* (historical) quarta, Portuguese quarter-pound, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g

##### Coordinate terms

* (unit of dry volume): celamim ($^1$⁄$_8$ quarta), maquia ($^1$⁄$_4$ quarta), oitava ($^1$⁄$_2$ quarta), alqueire (4 quartas)
* (unit of mass): oitava ($^1$⁄$_{24}$ quarta), onça ($^1$⁄$_4$ quarta), marco (2 quartas), libra (usually 3 quartas), arrátel (4 quartas)

##### Descendants

* Kadiwéu: cwaata

#### Adverb

quarta (not comparable)
* Ellipsis of quarta-feira (“on Wednesday”).

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

quarta
* inflection of quartar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Adjective

quarta f
* feminine singular of quarto