quart
/kwɔɹt/noun, adjective, adverb, verb
quart is spelled Q-U-A-R-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quart means “A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart)…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quart is quarts.
How many letters and syllables are in quart?
| Letters | 5: Q-U-A-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is quart?
Quart appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 quart?
- UK /kwɔːt/
- US /kwɔɹt/
- US /kɔɹt/
Quart has one syllable (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: En-us-quart.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with quart?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as quart from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of quart
- quarts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- more quart comparative
- most quart superlative
- quarting participle, present
- quarted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quart mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- 2
Four successive cards of the same suit.
- 3
obsoleteA fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
- 4
The fourth defensive position; quarte.
- 5
obsoleteSafety, soundness; health.
adjective
- 1
Transverse.
- 2
Contentious or quarrelsome.
- 3
obsoleteSafe, sound; healthy.
adverb
- 1
Crosswise; across.
verb
- 1
To thwart.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate quart?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of quart: qt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quart in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a unit of liquid capacity:
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 quart come from?
From Middle English quart, quarte, from Old French quarte, carte, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).