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.

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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 ouvriera working-class district
    le quartier chinoisChinatown
  2. (France) impoverished neighbourhood
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. piece, chunk; segment (of fruit), quarter (of beef)
  4. (astronomy) quarter
    le premier quartier de lunethe first quarter moon
    le dernier quartier de lunethe last quarter moon
  5. (dated) quarter, mercy

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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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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