Quarto Definition

kwôrtō
quartos
noun
quartos
The page size of a book made up of sheets each of which is folded twice to form four leaves, or eight pages, about nine by twelve inches in size.
Webster's New World
A book made of pages folded in this way.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Having four (quarto) leaves to the sheet.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Quarto

Noun

Singular:
quarto
Plural:
quartos

Origin of Quarto

  • Short for Middle English (in) quarto (in) the fourth part (of a sheet) from Medieval Latin (in) quārtō from Latin ablative of quārtus fourth kwetwer- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin quartus (“fourth")

    From Wiktionary

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