"quarto" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-quarto.wav Forms: quartos [plural]
Etymology: From Latin quartus (“fourth”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|quartus||fourth}} Latin quartus (“fourth”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quarto (countable and uncountable, plural quartos)
  1. (paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-quarto-en-noun-i3pWClTj Categories (other): Book sizes, Paper sizes Disambiguation of Book sizes: 29 34 37 Disambiguation of Paper sizes: 34 34 31
  2. (paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
    (UK) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
    Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-quarto-en-noun-to-xswiF Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Book sizes, Four, Paper sizes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 66 2 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 57 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 82 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 8 11 1 25 2 0 1 10 22 2 1 1 2 5 9 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 17 1 22 1 0 1 8 19 1 1 1 1 7 12 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 67 7 Disambiguation of Book sizes: 29 34 37 Disambiguation of Four: 28 67 5 Disambiguation of Paper sizes: 34 34 31
  3. (printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (book size): Q Synonyms (paper size): 4to, Translations (book size): quart [masculine] (Catalan) Translations (paper size): кварто (kvarto) [neuter] (Bulgarian), quart [masculine] (Catalan)
    Sense id: en-quarto-en-noun-H6J0iy37 Categories (other): Printing, Book sizes, Paper sizes Disambiguation of Book sizes: 29 34 37 Disambiguation of Paper sizes: 34 34 31 Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'book size': 10 10 79 Disambiguation of 'paper size': 21 21 59 Disambiguation of 'book size': 10 10 79 Disambiguation of 'paper size': 21 21 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bad quarto, sexagesimo-quarto, vicesimo-quarto, vigesimo-quarto, foolscap

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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