quarterly

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adjective

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

“quarterly rent payments”

Similar
every quarter
CommonScrabble 21

Meanings

quarterly1

adjectivequarterly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.

    quarterly rent payments

    1 more example

    The FBI began publishing national quarterly crime reports last year, but has not done so for the first two quarters of 2021, stating that they require at least 60% of agencies to submit NIBRS data in order to publish quarterly data.

    2021 September 27, Priya Krishnakumar, “Murders rose sharply in 2020 but data is lacking across much of the country”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2022
  2. not comparablegovernment(of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

    The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.

nounquarterly (plural quarterlies)

plural quarterlies

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

    “We’re hoping (that) getting the message out in the quarterlies is going to teach people, as well as their supervisors … you can’t do this stuff,” FBI assistant director Candice Will told CNN this week.

    2013 February 22, Scott Zamost and Drew Griffin, “FBI battling ‘rash of sexting’ among its employees”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2015

quarterly2

adverbquarterly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOnce every quarter year (three months).
  2. not comparablegovernmentIn the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield.

    It consisted of the arms of the City of London, Middlesex (three seaxes, or Saxon swords), Buckingham (a swan), and Hertford (a hart), arranged quarterly, on a background of crimson and ermine mantling […].

    1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 380
    1 more example

    Within a blue garter inscribed "Great Northern Railway Ireland" is a shield, on which are marshalled the arms of the principal towns in the company's area. The shield is divided quarterly with the arms of Dublin in the first quarter, Londonderry in the second quarter, Enniskillen in the third, and Belfast in the fourth; and overall is a gold inescutcheon (a small shield placed in the centre of the large shield) charged with the red left hand of Ulster.

    1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, pages 476-477

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin three month intervals

Similar
every quarter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

quarterly · adjective, noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷtwr̥to-
  4. Proto-Italic*kʷeturtos
  5. Latinquārtus
  6. Latinquārtārius
  7. Anglo-Normanquarter
  8. Middle Englishquarter
  9. Englishquarter
  10. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*līką
  12. Englishquarterly

From quarter + -ly (adjectival).

Full word history & related roots →

quarterly · adverb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwr̥-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷtwr̥to-
  4. Proto-Italic*kʷeturtos
  5. Latinquārtus
  6. Latinquārtārius
  7. Anglo-Normanquarter
  8. Middle Englishquarter
  9. Englishquarter
  10. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*līką
  12. Englishquarterly

From quarter + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian тримесечен
  • тримесечен (trimesečen)occurring once every quarter year
Catalan trimestral, quarterat
  • trimestraloccurring once every quarter year
  • quarteratdivided into four parts crosswise
  • trimestralmentonce every quarter year
Chinese Mandarin 每季的, 季刊
  • 每季的 (měijì de)occurring once every quarter year
  • 季刊 (jìkān)periodical publication
  • 每季地 (měijì de)once every quarter year
Czech čtvrtletní, čtvrtletně
  • čtvrtletníoccurring once every quarter year
  • čtvrtletněonce every quarter year
Danish kvartals-, kvadreret
  • kvartals-occurring once every quarter year
  • kvadreretdivided into four parts crosswise
  • firdeltdivided into four parts crosswise
Dutch per kwartaal, gevierendeeld
  • per kwartaaloccurring once every quarter year
  • gevierendeelddivided into four parts crosswise
  • driemaandelijksonce every quarter year
Estonian kvartali-, kvartaliajakiri
  • kvartali-occurring once every quarter year
  • kvartaliajakiriperiodical publication
  • kord kvartalisonce every quarter year
Finnish neljännesvuosittainen, neljännesvuosi-
  • neljännesvuosittainenoccurring once every quarter year
  • neljännesvuosi-occurring once every quarter year
  • neljännesvuosijulkaisuperiodical publication
  • neljännesvuosittainonce every quarter year
  • neljänneksittäinonce every quarter year
  • vuosineljänneksittäinonce every quarter year
French trimestriel, écartelé
  • trimestrieloccurring once every quarter year
  • écartelédivided into four parts crosswise
  • trimestriellementonce every quarter year
German vierteljährlich, dreimonatlich
  • vierteljährlichoccurring once every quarter year
  • dreimonatlichoccurring once every quarter year
  • Vierungdivided into four parts crosswise
  • Vierteljahresschriftperiodical publication
  • vierteljährlichonce every quarter year
  • quartalsweiseonce every quarter year
Hindi त्रैमासिक, त्रैमासिक
  • त्रैमासिक (traimāsik)occurring once every quarter year
  • त्रैमासिक (traimāsik)once every quarter year
Hungarian negyedévente
  • negyedéventeonce every quarter year
Indonesian per kuartal
  • per kuartalonce every quarter year
Italian trimestrale, inquartato
  • trimestraleoccurring once every quarter year
  • inquartatodivided into four parts crosswise
  • trimestralmenteonce every quarter year
Japanese 季刊, 季刊誌
  • 季刊 (kikan)periodical publication
  • 季刊誌 (kikanshi)periodical publication
  • 四半期毎 (shihanki-goto)once every quarter year
Korean 계간, 계간지
  • 계간 (gyegan)periodical publication
  • 계간지 (gyeganji)periodical publication
Polish kwartalny, kwartalny
  • kwartalnyoccurring once every quarter year
  • kwartalnydivided into four parts crosswise
  • kwartalnikperiodical publication
  • kwartalnieonce every quarter year
Portuguese trimestral, esquartelado
  • trimestraloccurring once every quarter year
  • esquarteladodivided into four parts crosswise
  • trimestralmenteonce every quarter year
Russian кварта́льный, ежекварта́льный
  • кварта́льный (kvartálʹnyj)occurring once every quarter year
  • ежекварта́льный (ježekvartálʹnyj)occurring once every quarter year
  • трёхме́сячный (trjoxmésjačnyj)occurring once every quarter year
  • трёхме́сячник (trjoxmésjačnik)periodical publication
  • покварта́льно (pokvartálʹno)once every quarter year
  • ежекварта́льно (ježekvartálʹno)once every quarter year
  • раз в три ме́сяца (raz v tri mésjaca)once every quarter year
Scottish Gaelic ràitheachan
  • ràitheachanperiodical publication
Spanish trimestral, acuartelado
  • trimestraloccurring once every quarter year
  • acuarteladodivided into four parts crosswise
  • cuarteladodivided into four parts crosswise
  • trimestralmenteonce every quarter year
Swedish kvadrerad, fyrdelad
  • kvadreraddivided into four parts crosswise
  • fyrdeladdivided into four parts crosswise
  • kvartalsvisonce every quarter year
Tagalog tatluhang-buwanan
  • tatluhang-buwananoccurring once every quarter year
Thai รายไตรมาส
  • รายไตรมาส (raai-dtrai-mâat)occurring once every quarter year
Turkish trimestırâl, çeyrekyıllık
  • trimestırâloccurring once every quarter year
  • çeyrekyıllıkoccurring once every quarter year
  • üçaylıkoccurring once every quarter year
  • üç ayda bironce every quarter year
Vietnamese quý san
  • quý sanperiodical publication
Cite this entry
APA

quarterly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarterly

MLA

“quarterly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarterly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quarterly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarterly.

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