quadratura

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin quadrātūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwa.draˈtu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: qua‧dra‧tù‧ra

Noun

quadratura f (plural quadrature)

  1. squaring
    La quadratura del cerchio ― The squaring of the circle.
  2. square, panel
  3. (art) quadrature

Latin

Etymology

From quadrō (“make square”) +‎ -tūra, from quadrus (“square, four-sided”), from quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

Noun

quadrātūra f (genitive quadrātūrae); first declension

  1. a squaring, making square, quadrature
  2. (by extension) a square

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative quadrātūra quadrātūrae
genitive quadrātūrae quadrātūrārum
dative quadrātūrae quadrātūrīs
accusative quadrātūram quadrātūrās
ablative quadrātūrā quadrātūrīs
vocative quadrātūra quadrātūrae

Descendants

References

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