esquarterament
Catalan
Etymology
From esquarterar + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.kwər.tə.ɾəˈmen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.kwər.tə.ɾəˈment]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.kwaɾ.te.ɾaˈment]
Noun
esquarterament m (plural esquarteraments)
- quartering (a division into four parts)
- quartering (the method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces)
Further reading
- “esquarterament”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “esquarterament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “esquarterament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “esquarterament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.