Quaternate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kwˈætɚnˌeɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/kwˈatənˌeɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kwˈatənˌeɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /kwˈætɚnˌeɪt/.

Examples

quaternate leaves
a quaternary compound

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

quaternary

Parts of Speech

adjective

consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four

“quaternate leaves”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

quaternieren

bestehend aus oder besonders arrangiert in Vierergruppen

🇫🇷French

quaternaire

constitués de ou spécialement disposés en séries de quatre

🇪🇸Spanish

cuaternado

consistentes o especialmente dispuestos en conjuntos de cuatro

🇮🇹Italian

quaternario

costituiti o appositamente disposti in gruppi di quattro

🇳🇱Dutch

viertallig

bestaande uit of speciaal gerangschikt in sets van vier

🇵🇹Portuguese

quaternário

consistindo ou especialmente organizado em conjuntos de quatro

🇷🇺Russian

четвертичный

состоящие из четырех или специально сгруппированные в группы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चतुर्भुज

चार के सेट से मिलकर या विशेष रूप से व्यवस्थित

🇧🇩Bengali

চতুর্মুখী

গঠিত বা বিশেষ করে চার সেটে সাজানো

🇮🇳Tamil

நால்வர்

நான்கு தொகுப்புகளைக் கொண்டது அல்லது குறிப்பாக அமைக்கப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

చతుర్భుజి

నాలుగు సెట్లను కలిగి ఉంటుంది లేదా ప్రత్యేకంగా అమర్చబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

चतुर्थांश

बनलेले किंवा विशेषतः चार संचांमध्ये व्यवस्था केलेले

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચતુર્થાંશ

સમાવિષ્ટ અથવા ખાસ કરીને ચારના સેટમાં ગોઠવાયેલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚತುರ್ಭುಜ

ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಅಥವಾ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಸೆಟ್‌ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಜೋಡಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചതുർഭുജം

നാല് സെറ്റുകൾ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്ന അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ക്രമീകരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੌਥਾਈ

ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਚਾਰ ਦੇ ਸੈੱਟਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਵਸਥਿਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

چوتھائی

پر مشتمل یا خاص طور پر چار کے سیٹوں میں ترتیب دیا گیا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

季铵盐

由四个组成或特别布置成四个

🇯🇵Japanese

四分化

4 つのセットからなる、または特別に配置された

🇰🇷Korean

4차수

4개의 세트로 구성되거나 특별히 배열됨

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tứ phương

bao gồm hoặc đặc biệt được sắp xếp theo bộ bốn

🇹🇭Thai

สี่ส่วน

ประกอบด้วยหรือจัดโดยเฉพาะเป็นชุดสี่ชุด

🇮🇩Indonesian

kuaternate

terdiri dari atau terutama disusun dalam set empat

🇲🇾Malay

kuaternate

terdiri daripada atau terutamanya disusun dalam set empat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رباعي

تتكون من أو مرتبة بشكل خاص في مجموعات من أربعة

🇮🇷Persian

چهارتایی

متشکل از یا به طور خاص در مجموعه های چهار تایی مرتب شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

dörtlü

dörtlü setlerden oluşan veya özellikle dörtlü setler halinde düzenlenmiş

🇮🇱Hebrew

מרובע

מורכב או מסודר במיוחד בסטים של ארבע

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