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quartary en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkwɔɹ.tə.ɹi/ (US)
  • /ˈkwɔɹtəɹi/ (US)
  • /ˈkwɔːtəɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin quārtārius (“quarter-sextarius, quarter-pint”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”). Equivalent to quart + -ary. Doublet of quartarius.

Meanings

  1. (historical, obsolete, rare) Synonym of quartarius, quarter-sextarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.14 L
  2. (historical, obsolete, rare) A Roman unit of mass, one-fourth of a Roman pound.

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Synonyms

quarter-sextarius · quartarius

quartary en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkwɔɹ.tə.ɹi/ (US)
  • /ˈkwɔɹtəɹi/ (US)
  • /ˈkwɔːtəɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin quārtus (“fourth”) + -ary (adjective-forming suffix) within English in place of the correct form quaternary.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete, proscribed) Synonym of quaternary: Of the fourth rank or order, fourth in a series.

Synonyms

quaternary