quarter

quarter
A n
1 (one fourth) (of area, cake, litre, kilometre, tonne) quart m ; a quarter of a hectare/of the population un quart d'hectare/de la population ;
2 (15 minutes) quarter of an hour quart m d'heure ; in quarter of an hour dans un quart d'heure ;
3 gen, Fin (three months) trimestre m ;
4 (district) quartier m ; residential/poor/artists' quarter quartier résidentiel/pauvre/des artistes ;
5 (group) milieu m ; there was criticism in some ou certain quarters il y a eu des critiques dans certains milieux ; don't expect help from that quarter n'attends aucune aide de ce côté-là ;
6 (mercy) littér quartier m liter, pitié f ; to get no quarter from sb ne recevoir aucune pitié de la part de qn ; to give no quarter ne pas faire de quartier ;
7 US (25 cents) vingt-cinq cents mpl ;
8 GB Meas = 113,4 g ;
9 US Meas = 12,7 kg ;
10 Culin quartier m ; quarter of beef quartier de bœuf ;
11 Sport (time period) quart m de temps ;
12 Astron quartier m ;
13 gen, Naut on the port/starboard quarter par la hanche de bâbord/tribord ; a wind from a southerly quarter un vent du sud ; from all quarters of the globe fig de tous les coins du monde ;
14 Herald quartier m.
B quarters npl Mil quartiers mpl, gen logement m ; to take up quarters se loger (in dans) ; to retire to one's quarters rentrer dans ses quartiers ; to be confined to quarters Mil être cantonné dans ses quartiers ; single/married quarters logements pour célibataires/familles ; servants' quarters quartiers des domestiques ; we're living in very cramped quarters nous vivons à l'étroit ; battle ou general quarters Mil poste m de combat.
C pron
1 (25%) quart m ; only a quarter passed seul le quart a réussi ; you can have a quarter now and the rest later tu peux en avoir le quart maintenant et le reste plus tard ;
2 (in time phrases) at (a) quarter to 11 GB, at a quarter of 11 US à onze heures moins le quart ; an hour and a quarter une heure et quart ;
3 (in age) she's ten and a quarter elle a dix ans et trois mois.
D adj she has a quarter share in the company elle a un quart des actions de l'entreprise ; a quarter century (25 years) un quart de siècle ; (25 runs at cricket) 25 points au cricket ; a quarter mile 500 m ; a quarter tonne 250 kg ; three and a quarter years trois ans et trois mois.
E adv a quarter full au quart plein ; a quarter as big quatre fois moins grand ; quarter the price/size quatre fois moins cher/grand.
F at close quarters adv phr de près ; I had never seen a zebra at close quarters je n'avais jamais vu un zèbre de près ; seen at close quarters, he's ugly vu de près il est laid ; to fight at close quarters lutter au corps à corps.
G vtr
1 (divide into four) couper [qch] en quatre [cake, apple] ;
2 (accommodate) cantonner [troops] ; loger [people] ; abriter [livestock] ;
3 Hist (torture) écarteler [prisoner] ;
4 Hunt [dogs] quêter.

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