quartiere

See also: Quartiere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French quartier, from Latin quartārium (“fourth part”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwarˈtjɛ.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛre
  • Hyphenation: quar‧tiè‧re

Noun

quartiere m (plural quartieri)

  1. quarter (all senses)
  2. district, area
    Synonyms: rione, zona
    quartiere residenziale ― residential area
    quartieri bassi ― poor areas
  3. (billiards) baulk
  4. (Tuscany) flat, apartment
    Synonym: appartamento

Derived terms

Further reading

  • quartiere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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