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695 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

quarantième: fortieth
quarantième: fortieth
quark: quark
quarkonique: quarkonic
quarrable: quadrable
quarré: obsolete spelling of carré
quarré: obsolete spelling of carré
quart: quarter, fourth (fraction); shift (period of work)
quart: fourth
quart d'heure: a quarter of an hour, a quarter
quart d'heure académique: customary 15-minute grace period for tardiness at institutions of higher education
quart d'heure américain: ladies' choice (for a quarter of an hour)
quart de finale: quarterfinal (round of eight)
quart de livre: quarter-pounder; quarter of a pound (pound-weight): Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quart, de, livre.;
quart de soupir: sixteenth rest
quart-monde: Fourth World
quartation: quartation
quarte: fourth (music interval); quarte
quarte augmentée: augmented fourth
quarte diminuée: diminished fourth
quarte juste: perfect fourth
quarter: quarter (old measure of corn)
quarterback: quarterback
quarteron: quadroon
quarteron: quarter of a pound
quartet: quartet
quartette: quartet (music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument); quartet (the set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts)
quartidi: the fourth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar
quartier: quarter, district (part of town), neighbourhood; impoverished neighbourhood, often suburban; piece, chunk; segment (of fruit), quarter (of beef); quarter; quarter, mercy
quartier chaud: red-light district; problem neighborhood (with social problems, etc.)
quartier d'affaires: central business district
quartier des affaires: central business district
quartier général: headquarters
quartier prioritaire: synonym of zone de sécurité prioritaire
quartier-maître: quartermaster, rank equivalent to corporal.
quartier-maître de première classe: quartermaster first class, military rank equivalent to master corporal or chief corporal (caporal-chef)
quartile: quartile
quartique: quartic
quarto: fourthly
quartz: quartz
quartzifère: quartziferous
quartzite: quartzite
quarté: a bet on the first four horses in a race
quasar: quasar
quasi: almost, nearly
quasi-frère: stepbrother
quasi-particule: quasiparticle
quasi-synonyme: near-synonym
quasi-sœur: stepsister
quasi-totalité: near-totality
quasiment: practically, almost
quasimodo: Quasimodo
quassia: quassia
quassine: quassin
quaternaire: quaternary
quaternion: quaternion
quaterné: tetramerous
quatorzain: quatorzain
quatorzaine: a quarantine lasting 14 days
quatorze: fourteen