quarto
pronunciation
How to pronounce quarto in British English:
UK [ˈkwɔ:təʊ]
How to pronounce quarto in American English:
US [ˈkwɔrtoʊ]
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- Noun:
- the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
Word Origin
- quarto (n.)
- "book from paper folded to make four pages to the sheet," late 15c., from Medieval Latin in quarto "in the fourth (part of a sheet of paper)," from quarto, ablative singular of Latin quartus "fourth" (see quart).
Example
- 1. Hotels met restaurant in quarto inferiore .
- 2. First published in six quarto volumes between 1776 and 1788 , it stands alone and unchallenged in its comprehensiveness , richness and depth .