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Danish
Etymology
From Latin quārtus (“fourth”), from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
kvart (plural and definite singular attributive kvarte)
- a quarter of, quarter-
Inflection
Inflection of kvart
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Superlative
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Indefinte common singular
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Indefinite neuter singular
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Plural
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kvarte
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kvarte
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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.
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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
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
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
Etymology 2
Pronoun
kvart
- neuter singular of kvar
References
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Quart.
Pronunciation
Noun
kvȁrt m (Cyrillic spelling ква̏рт)
- neighborhood, area
Declension
Slavomolisano
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian quarto.
Pronunciation
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
declension of kvart (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)
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
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
Declension
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