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Translating from English to Yiddish

Translations:

quarter — one of four equal parts
→ פֿערטל (fertl) n
quarter — period of three months
→ קוואַרטאַל (kvartal) m
→ דרײַ-חדשים-תּקופֿה (dray-khadoshim-tkufe) f
quarter — section of a town
→ געגנט (gegnt) f
→ קוואַרטאַל (kvartal) m

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 14

  1. one of four equal parts

    • “a quarter of a pound”
    Synonymsone-fourthfourthone-quarterfourth parttwenty-five percentquartern

  2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character

    • “the Latin Quarter”

  3. (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided

    • “both teams scored in the first quarter”
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  1. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour

    • “it's a quarter til 4”
    • “a quarter after 4 o'clock”

  2. one of four periods into which the school year is divided

    • “the fall quarter ends at Christmas”

  3. a fourth part of a year; three months

    • “unemployment fell during the last quarter”

  4. one of the four major division of the compass

    • “the wind is coming from that quarter”

  5. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)

  6. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)

  7. a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar

    • “he fed four quarters into the slot machine”

  8. an unspecified person

    • “he dropped a word in the right quarter”

  9. the rear part of a ship

    Synonymssternafter partpooptail

  10. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

  11. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent

    • “he surrendered but asked for quarter”

VERB 4

  1. provide housing for (military personnel)

    Synonymsbilletcanton

  2. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

    • “in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes”
    Synonymsdrawdraw and quarter

  3. divide into quarters

    • “quarter an apple”

  4. divide by four; divide into quarters