quarto

quar·to

Q0019900 (kwôr′tō)n. pl. quar·tos 1. The page size obtained by folding a whole sheet into four leaves.2. A book composed of pages of this size.

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[Short for Middle English (in) quarto, (in) the fourth part (of a sheet), from Medieval Latin (in) quārtō, from Latin, ablative of quārtus, fourth; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

quarto

(ˈkwɔːtəʊ) n, pl -tos1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper, usually crown or demy, into four leaves or eight pages, each one quarter the size of the sheet. Often written: 4to or 4° 2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (formerly) a size of cut paper 10 in. by 8 in. (25.4 cm by 20.3 cm)[C16: from New Latin phrase in quartō in quarter]

quar•to

(ˈkwɔr toʊ)

n., pl. -tos,
adj. n. 1. a book size of about 9½x 12 in. (24 x 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4° 2. a book of this size. adj. 3. bound in quarto. [1580–90; short for New Latin in quārtō in fourth (Latin quārtō, abl. singular of quartus fourth)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

quarto - the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves4tosize - the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"

Translations

in quarto