Meanings
nounquarter of an hour (plural quarters of an hour)
plural quarters of an hour
- timefifteen minutes.
After half or three quarters of an hour’s chat.
1 more example
Will you shut up! You've been talking for the last quarter of an hour.
Synonyms: quarter-hour
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfifteen minutes.
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Translations
Arabic رُبُع سَاعَة
- رُبُع سَاعَة (rubuʕ sāʕa)fifteen minutes
Chinese Mandarin 一刻
- 一刻 (yīkè)fifteen minutes
Czech čtvrt
- čtvrtfifteen minutes
Danish kvarter
- kvarterfifteen minutes
Dutch kwartier
- kwartierfifteen minutes
Esperanto kvaronhoro, horkvarono
- kvaronhorofifteen minutes
- horkvaronofifteen minutes
Finnish varttitunti
- varttituntififteen minutes
French quart d'heure
- quart d'heurefifteen minutes
German Viertelstunde
- Viertelstundefifteen minutes
Hungarian negyedóra
- negyedórafifteen minutes
Irish ceathrú uaire
- ceathrú uairefifteen minutes
Italian quarto d'ora
- quarto d'orafifteen minutes
Latvian ceturksnis
- ceturksnisfifteen minutes
Norwegian Bokmål kvarter
- kvarterfifteen minutes
Polish kwadrans
- kwadransfifteen minutes
Russian че́тверть часа́
- че́тверть часа́ (čétvertʹ časá)fifteen minutes
Slovak štvrť
- štvrťfifteen minutes
Swedish kvart
- kvartfifteen minutes
Turkish çeyrek
- çeyrekfifteen minutes
Welsh chwarter awr, chwarter-awr
- chwarter awrfifteen minutes
- chwarter-awrfifteen minutes
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“quarter of an hour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarter%20of%20an%20hour. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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