This phrase has a quaternary rhythm.
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Quaternary
//ˈkwɑ.tɚˌnɛɹ.i//
Synonyms for "quaternary" (65 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
quartetquarticquartilequaternquaternary periodquaternionquaternityquatrefoilrectanglesecondarysquaresquare dancesquaringtertiarytetractinaltetradtetragontetragramtetragrammatontetrahedron
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Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- четвъртичен adj (of fourth rank or order)
Catalan
3 entries- quaternari adj (of fourth rank or order)
- quaternària adj (of fourth rank or order)
- quaternari name (geological period)
Czech
2 entries- kvartér name (geological period)
- čtvrtohory name (geological period)
Dutch
1 entries- Kwartair name (geological period)
Estonian
1 entries- neljas adj (of fourth rank or order)
Finnish
4 entries- kvartäärinen adj (of fourth rank or order)
- kvaternaarinen adj (of fourth rank or order)
- neljännen asteen adj (of mathematical expressions)
- kvartäärikausi name (geological period)
French
4 entries- d'ordre quatre adj (of fourth rank or order)
- d'ordre quatre adj (of mathematical expressions)
- quaternaire adj (of fourth rank or order)
- quaternaire name (geological period)
Georgian
3 entries- მეოთხეული name (geological period)
- მეოთხეული პერიოდი name (geological period)
- მეოთხეული სისტემა name (geological period)
German
1 entries- Quartär name (geological period)
Hungarian
1 entries- negyedidőszak name (geological period)
Italian
2 entries- quaternario adj (of fourth rank or order)
- quaternario name (geological period)
Japanese
1 entries- 第四紀 name (geological period)
Malay
2 entries- aras empat adj (of fourth rank or order)
- kuaterner adj (of fourth rank or order)
Polish
1 entries- czwartorzęd name (geological period)
Portuguese
2 entries- quaternário adj (of fourth rank or order)
- Quaternário name (geological period)
Russian
2 entries- четвертичный adj (of fourth rank or order)
- Четвертичный пери́од name (geological period)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- Kvartar name (geological period)
Slovak
1 entries- Kvartér name (geological period)
Slovene
1 entries- Kvartar name (geological period)
Spanish
1 entries- Cuaternario name (geological period)
Swedish
1 entries- kvartär name (geological period)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Антропогенова система name (geological period)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kỉ Đệ Tứ name (geological period)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
the quaternary stress in a pronounced word
Source: wiktionary
Meronyms: Pleistocene, Holocene, Anthropocene, assholocene
Source: wiktionary
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