quire
英[kwa??]
美['kwa??]
- n. 一刀；一疊對折的手稿
- n. (Quire)人名；(英)夸爾
中文詞源
quire 對折的四張紙，一刀
來自古法語quaier,來自拉丁語quater,四位，詞源同four,quarter.用于指對折的四張紙，通常 為16 頁，有些地方也指24 頁。
英文詞源
- quire
- quire: see quarter
- quire (n.1)
- c. 1200, "set of four folded pages for a book; pamphlet consisting of a single quire," from Anglo-French quier, Old French quaier "sheet of paper folded in four," from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaterni "four each," from quater "four times." Meaning "standard unit for selling paper" first recorded late 14c. In quires (late 15c.) means "unbound."
- quire (n.2)
- early form and later variant spelling of choir (q.v.).