quadra

Borrowed from Latin quadra.

quadra (plural quadrae)

1. (architecture) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like.
2. A fillet, or listel.
3. A frame enclosing a bas relief.

Inherited from Latin quadra.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkwa.ðɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkwa.ðɾa]

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quadra f (plural quadres)

1. (historical) ward (division of a castle)
2. section (of an industrial building), ward (of a hospital), etc.
3. stable

   Synonym: estable

4. (nautical) a square sail

   Synonym: rodona

• quadrat
• quadre

• “quadra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

quadra

1. inflection of quadrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Clipping of quadragénaire.

• IPA^(key): /ka.dʁa/, (sometimes proscribed) /kwa.dʁa/

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quadra m or f by sense (plural quadras)

1. (informal) fortysomething

   Coordinate term: quinqua

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dra/
• Rhymes: -adra
• Hyphenation: quà‧dra

From Latin quadra.

quadra f (plural quadre)

1. (nautical) square sail, square rigged
2. square bracket

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

quadra

1. feminine singular of quadro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

quadra

1. inflection of quadrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• navigare alla quadra

Feminine counterpart to quadrus, from quattuor (“four”).

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷa.dra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷaː.dra]

quadra f (genitive quadrae); first declension

1. square

First-declension noun.

• Catalan: quadra
• Italian: quadra
• Spanish: cuadra

• “quadra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quadra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "quadra", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “quadra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “quadra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “quadrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

From Latin quadra. Compare quadro.

• Rhymes: -adɾɐ
• Hyphenation: qua‧dra

quadra f (plural quadras)

1. quadrangle
2. (poetry) a quatrain
3. season, period, time

   Quadra festiva. ― Festive season.

4. (lottery): a set of four numbers
5. (card games) four
6. (Brazil) block of buildings

   Synonym: (Portugal) quarteirão

7. (Brazil) sport venue; court
8. (Brazil) large square compound where samba schools practice

quadra

1. inflection of quadrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “quadra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quadra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026