quar

English

Noun

quar (plural quars)

  1. (obsolete) A quarry
  2. (slang) quarantine

Verb

quar (third-person singular simple present quars, present participle quarring, simple past and past participle quarred)

  1. To choke or block (typically a river)

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *klā(u)ra, related to qos. Cognate to Ancient Greek κλᾰδᾰρός (kladarós, fragile), Old Irish claidim (to empty).[1]

Noun

quar m (plural qore, definite quari, definite plural qoret)

  1. prison, cellar, shelter

References

  1. A Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “quar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 363

Ido

Ido numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: quar
    Ordinal: quaresma
    Adverbial: quarfoye
    Multiplier: quaropla
    Fractional: quarima

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kvar, French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwar/

Numeral

quar

  1. four (4)

Old French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k(w)aɾ/
  • Homophones: kar, qar
  • Rhymes: -ar

Conjunction

quar

  1. for; because; due to this

Descendants

  • French: car
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