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quarterly en · ADJ · etymology 1
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *kʷtwr̥to-
Proto-Italic *kʷeturtos
Latin quārtus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -ārius
Latin quārtārius
Anglo-Norman quarterbor.
Middle English quarter
English quarter
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English quarterly
From quarter + -ly (adjectival).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.
The FBI began publishing national quarterly crime reports last year, but has not done so for the first two quarters of 2021, stating that they require at least 60% of agencies to submit NIBRS data in order to publish quarterly data.
2021 September 27, Priya Krishnakumar, “Murders rose sharply in 2020 but data is lacking across much of the country”, in CNN:quarterly rent payments
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(not-comparable) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.
The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.
Deriveds
quarterly court · biquarterly · nonquarterly
Relateds
quarter day
Translations (42)
ru ежекварта́льный (occurring once every quarter year) · sv fyrdelad (divided into four parts crosswise) · et kvartali- (occurring once every quarter year) · es cuartelado (divided into four parts crosswise) · es trimestral (occurring once every quarter year) · pl kwartalny (divided into four parts crosswise) · ru трёхме́сячный (occurring once every quarter year) · ia trimestral (occurring once every quarter year) · sv kvadrerad (divided into four parts crosswise) · de Vierung (divided into four parts crosswise) · ca trimestral (occurring once every quarter year) · ca quarterat (divided into four parts crosswise) · pl kwartalny (occurring once every quarter year) · ru кварта́льный (occurring once every quarter year) · fi neljännesvuosi- (occurring once every quarter year) · bg тримесечен (occurring once every quarter year) · nl gevierendeeld (divided into four parts crosswise) · fr trimestriel (occurring once every quarter year) · tr üçaylık (occurring once every quarter year) · ka სამთვიური (occurring once every quarter year) · tl tatluhang-buwanan (occurring once every quarter year) · pt esquartelado (divided into four parts crosswise) · da firdelt (divided into four parts crosswise) · fr écartelé (divided into four parts crosswise) · it inquartato (divided into four parts crosswise) · ka სამთვიანი (occurring once every quarter year) · cmn 每季的 (occurring once every quarter year) · de vierteljährlich (occurring once every quarter year) · tr çeyrekyıllık (occurring once every quarter year) · de dreimonatlich (occurring once every quarter year) · pt trimestral (occurring once every quarter year) · fi neljännesvuosittainen (occurring once every quarter year) · ka კვარტალური (occurring once every quarter year) · da kvadreret (divided into four parts crosswise) · tr trimestırâl (occurring once every quarter year) · nl per kwartaal (occurring once every quarter year) · th รายไตรมาส (occurring once every quarter year) · cs čtvrtletní (occurring once every quarter year) · it trimestrale (occurring once every quarter year) · hi त्रैमासिक (occurring once every quarter year) · es acuartelado (divided into four parts crosswise) · da kvartals- (occurring once every quarter year)
quarterly en · NOUN · etymology 1
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *kʷtwr̥to-
Proto-Italic *kʷeturtos
Latin quārtus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -ārius
Latin quārtārius
Anglo-Norman quarterbor.
Middle English quarter
English quarter
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English quarterly
From quarter + -ly (adjectival).
Meanings
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A periodical publication that appears four times per year.
“We’re hoping (that) getting the message out in the quarterlies is going to teach people, as well as their supervisors … you can’t do this stuff,” FBI assistant director Candice Will told CNN this week.
2013 February 22, Scott Zamost and Drew Griffin, “FBI battling ‘rash of sexting’ among its employees”, in CNN:
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Translations (13)
ja 季刊誌 (periodical publication) · kmr kovara sêmehî (periodical publication) · vi quý san (periodical publication) · pl kwartalnik (periodical publication) · ko 계간지 (periodical publication) · ru трёхме́сячник (periodical publication) · gd ràitheachan (periodical publication) · fi neljännesvuosijulkaisu (periodical publication) · cmn 季刊 (periodical publication) · de Vierteljahresschrift (periodical publication) · ko 계간 (periodical publication) · et kvartaliajakiri (periodical publication) · ja 季刊 (periodical publication)
quarterly en · ADV · etymology 2
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *kʷtwr̥to-
Proto-Italic *kʷeturtos
Latin quārtus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -ārius
Latin quārtārius
Anglo-Norman quarterbor.
Middle English quarter
English quarter
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English quarterly
From quarter + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Once every quarter year (three months).
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(not-comparable) In the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield.
Within a blue garter inscribed "Great Northern Railway Ireland" is a shield, on which are marshalled the arms of the principal towns in the company's area. The shield is divided quarterly with the arms of Dublin in the first quarter, Londonderry in the second quarter, Enniskillen in the third, and Belfast in the fourth; and overall is a gold inescutcheon (a small shield placed in the centre of the large shield) charged with the red left hand of Ulster.
1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, pages 476-477:It consisted of the arms of the City of London, Middlesex (three seaxes, or Saxon swords), Buckingham (a swan), and Hertford (a hart), arranged quarterly, on a background of crimson and ermine mantling […].
1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 380:
Deriveds
quarterly quartered
Relateds
grand-quarterly
Translations (25)
hi त्रैमासिक (once every quarter year) · cmn 每季地 (once every quarter year) · ru покварта́льно (once every quarter year) · hu negyedévente (once every quarter year) · pt trimestralmente (once every quarter year) · fi neljännesvuosittain (once every quarter year) · fr trimestriellement (once every quarter year) · ja 四半期毎 (once every quarter year) · id per kuartal (once every quarter year) · pl kwartalnie (once every quarter year) · sv kvartalsvis (once every quarter year) · tr üç ayda bir (once every quarter year) · es trimestralmente (once every quarter year) · cs čtvrtletně (once every quarter year) · ru раз в три ме́сяца (once every quarter year) · fi vuosineljänneksittäin (once every quarter year) · ru ежекварта́льно (once every quarter year) · ia trimestralmente (once every quarter year) · et kord kvartalis (once every quarter year) · it trimestralmente (once every quarter year) · nl driemaandelijks (once every quarter year) · ca trimestralment (once every quarter year) · de quartalsweise (once every quarter year) · fi neljänneksittäin (once every quarter year) · de vierteljährlich (once every quarter year)