overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

quartan.

A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkwɔːtən/UK/ˈkwɔɹtən/US
  1. A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris quartana), noun use of feminine form of quartānus (“recurring every four days”), from quartus (“fourth”).

adj/ˈkwɔːtən/UK/ˈkwɔɹtən/US
  1. Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris quartana), noun use of feminine form of quartānus (“recurring every four days”), from quartus (“fourth”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

quartan has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

quartan studioquartan workshello, quartan

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.