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quarterly.

Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.

    not-comparable
    quarterly rent payments

  2. (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

    not-comparable
    The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *kʷtwr̥to- Proto-Italic *kʷeturtos Latin quārtus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin quārtārius Anglo-Norman quarterbor. Middle English quarter English quarter Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English quarterly From quarter + -ly (adjectival).

noun

  1. A periodical publication that appears four times per year.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *kʷtwr̥to- Proto-Italic *kʷeturtos Latin quārtus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin quārtārius Anglo-Norman quarterbor. Middle English quarter English quarter Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English quarterly From quarter + -ly (adjectival).

adv

  1. Once every quarter year (three months).

    not-comparable

  2. In the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *kʷtwr̥to- Proto-Italic *kʷeturtos Latin quārtus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin quārtārius Anglo-Norman quarterbor. Middle English quarter English quarter Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English quarterly From quarter + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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