# kvart
## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin quārtus (“fourth”), from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkʰʋ̥ɑːd̥]

### Adjective

kvart (plural and definite singular attributive kvarte)
* a quarter of, quarter-

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### Noun

kvart c (singular definite kvarten, plural indefinite kvarter)
* quarter (one of four equal parts)
    Synonym: fjerdedel c
* (music) fourth (interval)
* quarto (book size, paper size)
* (fencing) quarte

#### Inflection
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin quartus.

### Adjective

kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)
* a quarter of
    en kvart kilo ― a quarter (of a) kilo

### Noun

kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvarter, definite plural kvartene)
* a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    kvart over ― quarter past
    kvart på ― quarter to
* a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)

#### Derived terms

* kvartfinale

### References

* “kvart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “kvart_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “kvart_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʋɑrt/

### Etymology 1

From Latin quartus.

#### Adjective

kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)
* a quarter of
    ein kvart kilo ― a quarter (of a) kilo

#### Noun

kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvartar, definite plural kvartane)
* a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    kvart over ― quarter past
    kvart på ― quarter to
* a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)

##### Derived terms

* kvartfinale

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

kvart
* neuter singular of kvar

#### References

* “kvart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse hvart, from hvar (“where”) (whence kvar) + at (“to”) (whence åt). Cognate with Icelandic hvert and Swedish vart.

#### Alternative forms

* kort, hort (dialectal)

#### Pronoun

kvart
* whither, whereto
    kvart skal eg gå?whither am I to walk?

#### References

* “kvart”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
* “kvart” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Quart.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʋârt/

### Noun

kvȁrt m (Cyrillic spelling ква̏рт)
* neighborhood, area

#### Declension
## Slavomolisano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian quarto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kwâːrt/

### Noun

kvart m
* part of something
** 2010, Luigi Peca, La guerre à Acquaviva:Na jena kvart, di jimahma kobilu, ne biša več hiža, bi sa sfunala.In one part, where we had the mare, the house wasn’t there anymore, it had collapsed.

#### Declension
### References

* Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French quart, from Latin quartus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeturtos ~ *kʷetwr̥tos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kvɑːrt/, [kv̥ɑ̹ːʈ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːʈ

### Noun

kvart c
* (normally used in genitive: kvarts) a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    Helsingfors har en och en kvarts miljon invånare.Helsinki has one and a quarter million inhabitants.
* a quarter of an hour, 15 minutes
* (colloquial) a (small, shabby) lodging, often an apartment

#### Related terms

* halvkvart
* knarkarkvart (“drug den”)
* kvartsfinal
* kvartsliter
* kvartsmil
* kvartsmiljon
* kvartsrast
* kvartssamtal
* kvartssekel
* trekvart

#### See also

* kvarter
* kvarting
* kvarts

### References

* kvart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)