quadri-

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See also: quadri and Quadri

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From Latin quattuor (four).

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Latin number prefix
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quadri-

  1. Four.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin quadri- (four).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kwa.dʁi/, /ka.dʁi/

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quadri-

  1. quadri-

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Italian[edit]

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quadri-

  1. Alternative form of quadr-

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • quadru- (before a labial consonant, usually p)
  • quadr- (before a vowel)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-, with -twr- developing into -dr-; compare the full form quattuor, ultimately from *kʷetwóres. Analogous to Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-) vs. τέτταρες (téttares, four).[1]

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quadri-

  1. four, quadri-

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “quadrāns”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 395