quarter-hour

quar·ter-hour

Q q

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kwawr-ter ouuh r, ou-er]
- /ˈkwɔr tər aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/
- /ˈkwɔːtə(r) ˈaʊə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kwawr-ter ouuh r, ou-er]
- /ˈkwɔr tər aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

Definitions of quarter-hour word

noun quarter-hour a period of 15 minutes. 1
noun quarter-hour a point 15 minutes after or before the hour. 1
noun quarter-hour a period of 15 minutes 0
noun quarter-hour any of the points on the face of a timepiece that mark 15 minutes before or after the hour, and sometimes 30 minutes after 0
noun quarter-hour fifteen minutes 0
noun quarter-hour the point marking the first quarter or third quarter of an hour 0

See all 6 definitions of quarter-hour

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Origin of quarter-hour

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Quarter-hour

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Quarter-hour

quarter-hour popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.