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語源

Borrowed from Old French quaier, quaer, from Latin quaternus. First attested in c. 1225, but in common usage only as of 1450.

発音

• IPA: /kwæi̯ˈeːr/, /ˈkwæi̯(ə)r/
• IPA: /kweːr/ (from Old French quaer)

名詞

quayer (plural quayers)

1. A quire (set of pieces of paper, especially four folded sheets)
2. A booklet or pamphlet, especially if composed of a single quire.
3. A short treatise or poem.

派生した語

• English: quire
• Middle Scots: quar, quair
  • Scots: quair

参照

• “quaier, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “quire, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.