quarte
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Noun
quarte (countable and uncountable, plural quartes)
- (fencing) The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
quarte f (plural quartes)
Further reading
- “quarte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Interlingua
Adjective
quarte
Italian
Adjective
quarte
Noun
quarte f
Latin
Numeral
quārte
References
- “quarte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quarte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
quarte f (plural quartes)
Old French
Adjective
quarte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)
- fourth (ordinal adjective)
Portuguese
Verb
quarte
- inflection of quartar: