quarta
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts.
noun
A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g.
Etymology
From Portuguese quarta, from Latin quartus (“fourth”), q.v., in reference to the units making up one-fourth of the alqueire (“Portuguese bushel”) or arrantel (“Portuguese pound”). Doublet of quart, quater, and cuaderon.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: quarta, quartus
Inflected Forms
quartas (plural)