quartà
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
quartà m (plural quartans)
- (historical) a dry measure equal to four picotins or approximately 6 litres
- (historical) a liquid measure equal to eight porrons or approximately 7.5 litres
- (historical) any of various coins with the value of one quarter of a real
Further reading
- “quartà”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007