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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French quartier. Doublet of quarter.
Pronunciation
Noun
quartier (plural quartiers)
- 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
Noun
quartier m (plural quartiers)
- quarter, district (part of town), neighbourhood
Le Gros-Caillou est l’un des quartiers les plus riches de Paris.- Gros-Caillou is one of the richest neighborhoods in Paris.
- un quartier ouvrier ― a working-class district
- le quartier chinois ― Chinatown
- (France, chiefly in the plural) impoverished neighbourhood, often suburban
- Des jeunes issus des quartiers sont à l’origine de ces vols ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- piece, chunk; segment (of fruit), quarter (of beef)
- (astronomy) quarter
- le premier quartier de lune ― the first quarter moon
- le dernier quartier de lune ― the last quarter moon
- (dated) quarter, mercy
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Italian
Noun
quartier m (apocopated)
- Apocopic form of quartiere
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Middle English
Noun
quartier
- Alternative form of quarter
Occitan
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Noun
quartier m (plural quartiers) (Provençal)
- quarter, neighbourhood
Old French
Noun
quartier oblique singular, m (oblique plural quartiers, nominative singular quartiers, nominative plural quartier)
- Alternative form of quarter