Etymology

cwierc

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Today it means: A quarter, a former Polish unit of volume equal to ¼ korzec or 2 miarka Full definition →

Polish ćwierć
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  1. Polish · borrowed fromćwierć
  2. English todaycwierc

Borrowed from Polish ćwierć. Doublet of tchetvert.

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