quarter
quarter
neljäsosa, neljännes, vartti
kvartaali
(Yhdysvallat) neljännesdollari, 25 senttiä
kaupunginosa, korttelit
(monikossa) asuintila; asuntola, kasarmi
Esimerkkejä:
the French Quarter of New Orleans
the Latin Quarter of Paris
Liittyvät sanat: halve
Synonyymisanakirja
quarter
laupeus, armeliaisuus, armo, kaupunginosa, getto, kasbah, medina.
Rimmaavat sanat
quarter rimmaa näiden kanssa:
tonic water, copywriter, bitter, babysitter...
Englannin sanakirja
quarter (englanti > suomi)
quarter englanniksi
Pertaining to an aspect of a Noun quarter.
puhekieltä Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
(ux)
puhekieltä Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
puhekieltä The quarter-ton or tun, divided into 8 bushels, the medieval English unit of volume and weight named by the Magna Carta as the basis for measures of wine, ale, and grain
(quote-book)
puhekieltä The quarter-yard, divided into 4 nails, an obsolete English unit of length long used in the cloth trade
puhekieltä The watch: A quarter of the night, nominally 3 hours but varying over the year.
1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark VI:
puhekieltä A charge occupying a fourth of a coat of arms, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
puhekieltä A period into which a game is divided. (qf).
Any substantial fraction of something less than half, particularly:
A division or section of a town or other area, whether or not it constituted a fourth of the whole.
puhekieltä A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
(quote-book)|title=No More Parades|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2012|chapter=Parade's End|page=360|passage=Tietjens said: ‘Send the Canadian sergeant-major to me at the double….’ to the quarter.
puhekieltä amity Amity, friendship, concord; (qualifier) accommodation given to a defeated opponent, mercy.
(quote-book) and yet kept good quarter between themselves.
The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
(quote-book)|title=(w)|chapter=23|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23|passage=(..) at last she kicked right over the carriage pole and fell down, after giving me a severe blow on my near quarter.
puhekieltä The aftmost part of a vessel|vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
puhekieltä To divide into quarters.
puhekieltä To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
puhekieltä To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
puhekieltä To quartersaw.
puhekieltä To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
(l) (gloss)
puhekieltä (l) (one fourth)