Etymology

quatre quart

Today it means: French pound cake Full definition →

French quatre-quarts
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  1. French · borrowed fromquatre-quarts
  2. English todayquatre quart

From French quatre-quarts, from quatre+quart. Literally, “4 quarters”.

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