Definitions for quartoˈkwɔr toʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quar•toˈkwɔr toʊ(n.; adj.)(pl.)-tos
(n.)a book size of about 9½x 12 in. (24 x 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°
Category: Printing
a book of this size.
Category: Printing
(adj.)bound in quarto.
Category: Printing
Origin of quarto:
1580–90; short for NL in quārtō in fourth (L quārtō, abl. sing. of quartusfourth )
Princeton's WordNet
quarto, 4to(noun)
the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
Wiktionary
quarto(Noun)
A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5")(190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting a standard large sheet of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25")(381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
quarto(Noun)
A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
Origin: From quartus
Webster Dictionary
Quarto(adj)
having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto
Quarto(noun)
originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Quarto
a book having the sheet folded into four leaves.
Translations for quarto
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
chamber(noun)
a room.
- kamerAfrikaans
- غُرْفَهArabic
- стаяBulgarian
- quartoPortuguese (BR)
- místnostCzech
- die KammerGerman
- kammerDanish
- δωμάτιο, θάλαμοςGreek
- cuartoSpanish
- kamberEstonian
- اتاقFarsi
- huoneFinnish
- pièceFrench
- חֶדֶרHebrew
- कक्षHindi
- soba, odajaCroatian
- szobaHungarian
- kamarIndonesian
- (svefn)herbergiIcelandic
- cameraItalian
- 部屋Japanese
- 방Korean
- kambarysLithuanian
- istabaLatvian
- kamarMalay
- kamerDutch
- kammer, værelse; advokat-/dommerkontorNorwegian
- izba, pomieszczeniePolish
- اتاقPersian
- كوټه، دخوب كوټه: دقانون ساز مجلس خونه: دمانچې جاغور (ججوره): غونډه (لكه دتجارت): محكمهPashto
- quartoPortuguese
- camerăRomanian
- комнатаRussian
- miestnosťSlovak
- sobaSlovenian
- odajaSerbian
- kammare, rumSwedish
- ห้องThai
- odaTurkish
- 房間Chinese (Trad.)
- кімнатаUkrainian
- کمرہUrdu
- phòng ngủVietnamese
- 房间Chinese (Simp.)
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