quart
TransverseTransverse.
» I want a quart of milk.
Meaning
3 senses(dialectal)Transverse.
(dialectal)Contentious or quarrelsome.
(dialectal, obsolete)Safe, sound; healthy.
Examples
11 sentencesI want a quart of milk.
Two pints are equal to a quart.
ruДве пинты равняются одной кварте. — marafon
I would like a quart of milk.
Pare, core and slice two quarts of apples.
I drank a quart of water in three minutes.
Origin
From Middle English quarte, querte, from Old Norse kyrt, *kvirt, neuter of Old Norse kyrr,From Middle English quarte, querte, from Old Norse kyrt, *kvirt, neuter of Old Norse kyrr, kvirr (“quiet, still, peaceful”), from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz (“calm, satisfied, pacified”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₂- (“heavy”). Cognate with Scots quert, quart (“alive, in good health, sound”), Scots querty (“vivacious, active, in good spirits”), Danish kvær (“quiet”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvar, kvær, kverr (“still, quiet”), Icelandic kyrr (“still, calm, unmoving”).
Dialectal alteration of thwart.
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Forms
more quart, most quart| Comparative | more quart Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most quart Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form