Meanings
alternative quadrapartite · alternative quadrupartite
- not comparableDivided into four parts.
The walk down to the Underground station is equally easy, as you pass through the restored undercroft along an arcade of two-way spanning 'quadripartite' arches.
2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31
plural quadripartites · alternative quadrapartite · alternative quadrupartite
- A treatise divided into four parts.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinvolving four parties
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinquadripartītus“divided into four parts”
- Englishquadripartite
From Latin quadripartītus (“divided into four parts”).
More words from Latin
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Arabic رُبَاعِيّ
- رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy)divided into four parts
Chinese Mandarin 由四部分組成的 /由四部分组成的, 四方的
- 由四部分組成的 /由四部分组成的 (yóu sì bùfēn zǔchéng de)divided into four parts
- 四方的 (sìfāng de)involving four parties
Finnish neliosainen
- neliosainendivided into four parts
Italian quadripartito
- quadripartitodivided into four parts
Latin quadripartītus
- quadripartītusdivided into four parts
Cite this entry
quadripartite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadripartite
“quadripartite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadripartite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quadripartite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadripartite.
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