quadrant
/ˈkwɑ.dɹənt/noun
quadrant is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-N-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quadrant means “One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quadrant is quadrants.
How many letters and syllables are in quadrant?
| Letters | 8: Q-U-A-D-R-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is quadrant?
Quadrant appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce quadrant?
- UK /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/
- US /ˈkwɑ.dɹənt/
- Canada /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/
Quadrant has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quadrant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of quadrant
- quadrants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quadrant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
- 2
One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
- 3
One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
- 4
A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
- 5
One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
- 6
obsoleteA square or quadrangle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quadrant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quadrant come from?
Inherited from Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).