kvart

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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)

  1. a quarter of, quarter-

Inflection

Inflection of kvart
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular kvart — —2
Indefinite neuter singular kvart — —2
Plural kvarte — —2
Definite attributive1 kvarte — —
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)

  1. quarter (one of four equal parts)
    Synonym: fjerdedel c
  2. (music) fourth (interval)
  3. quarto (book size, paper size)
  4. (fencing) quarte

Inflection

Declension of kvart
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvart kvarten kvarter kvarterne
genitive kvarts kvartens kvarters kvarternes

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Latin quartus.

Adjective

kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)

  1. a quarter of
    en kvart kilo ― a quarter (of a) kilo

Noun

kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvarter, definite plural kvartene)

  1. a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    kvart over ― quarter past
    kvart på ― quarter to
  2. a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin quartus.

Adjective

kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)

  1. a quarter of
    ein kvart kilo ― a quarter (of a) kilo

Noun

kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvartar, definite plural kvartane)

  1. a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    kvart over ― quarter past
    kvart på ― quarter to
  2. a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronoun

kvart

  1. neuter singular of kvar

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Quart.

Pronunciation

Noun

kvȁrt m (Cyrillic spelling ква̏рт)

  1. neighborhood, area

Declension

Declension of kvart
singular plural
nominative kvȁrt kvàrtovi
genitive kvarta kvartova
dative kvartu kvartovima
accusative kvart kvartove
vocative kvarte kvartovi
locative kvartu kvartovima
instrumental kvartom kvartovima

Slavomolisano

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian quarto.

Pronunciation

Noun

kvart m

  1. 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)
singular plural
nominative kvart
 kvarta
genitive kvarta
 kvarti
dative kvartu
 kvarti
accusative kvart
 kvarta
locative kvartu
 kvarta
instrumental kvartom, kvartam
 kvarti

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(key): /kvɑːrt/,
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʈ

Noun

kvart c

  1. (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.
  2. a quarter of an hour, 15 minutes
  3. (colloquial) a (small, shabby) lodging, often an apartment

Declension

Declension of kvart 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kvart kvarten kvartar kvartarna
Genitive kvarts kvartens kvartars kvartarnas

Related terms

See also

References

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