# quadra
## English
### Etymology

From Latin quadra.

### Noun

quadra (plural quadrae)
* (architecture) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
* A fillet, or listel.
* A frame enclosing a bas relief.

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin quadra.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈkwa.ðɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkwa.ðɾa]

#### Noun

quadra f (plural quadres)
* (historical) ward (division of a castle)
* section (of an industrial building), ward (of a hospital), etc.
* stable
    Synonym: estable
* (nautical) a square sail
    Synonym: rodona

##### Related terms

* quadrat
* quadre

#### Further reading

* “quadra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

quadra
* inflection of quadrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kwa.dʁa/, /ka.dʁa/

### Noun

quadra m or f by sense (plural quadras)
* Clipping of quadragénaire.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwa.dra/
* Rhymes: -adra
* Hyphenation: quà‧dra

### Etymology 1

From Latin quadra.

#### Noun

quadra f (plural quadre)
* (nautical) square sail, square rigged
* square bracket

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

quadra
* feminine singular of quadro

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

quadra
* inflection of quadrare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

##### Related terms

* navigare alla quadra

## Latin
### Etymology

Feminine counterpart to quadrus, from quattuor (“four”).
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### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkʷa.dra/, [ˈkʷäd̪rä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkwa.dra/, [ˈkwäːd̪rä]

### Noun

quadra f (genitive quadrae); first declension
* square

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: quadra
* Italian: quadra
* Spanish: cuadra

### References

* “quadra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “quadra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* quadra 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)
* quadra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “quadra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “quadrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Latin quadra. Compare quadro.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkwa.dɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkwa.dɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkwa.dɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkwa.dɾɐ/ [ˈkwa.ðɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -adɾɐ
* Hyphenation: qua‧dra

#### Noun

quadra f (plural quadras)
* quadrangle
* (poetry) a quatrain
* season, period, time
    Quadra festiva. ― Festive season.
* (lottery): a set of four numbers
* (card games) four
* (Brazil) block of buildings
    Synonym: (Portugal) quarteirão
* (Brazil) sport venue; court
* (Brazil) large square compound where samba schools practice

#### See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text) :
| ás | dois, duque | três, terno | quatro, quadra | cinco, quina | seis, sena | sete, bisca, manilha |
| oito | nove | dez | valete | dama | rei | jóquer, curinga |

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

quadra
* inflection of quadrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative