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Definition: Quire |
QuireNoun1. A quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quire" was first used: 12th century. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | The twentieth part of a ream, i. e. 25 sheets. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | QUEER, or QUIRE. Base, roguish, bad, naught or worthless. How queerly the cull touts; how roguishly the fellow looks. It also means odd, uncommon. CANT. QUIRE, or CHOIR BIRD. A complete rogue, one that has sung in different choirs or cages, i.e. gaols. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Book | Paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet; leaf, leaflet; fly leaf, page; quire, ream |
Temple | Chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher; stall, pew; pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino; apse, belfry; chapter house; presbytery; anxious-bench, anxious-seat; diaconicum, jube; mourner's bench, mourner's seat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Quire |
| English words defined with "quire": Quair. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "quire": CHOIR BIRD. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "quire": Quirister. (references) |
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| "Quire" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.86% of the time. "Quire" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.86% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "quire" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Quire | Last name | 130 | 54,781 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "quire": in quire ♦ quire of paper. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quill quire | 11 |
quire | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "quire"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | një dorë fletësh, fashikull (fascicle, fascicule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كراس (notebook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хор (choir, chorus), тесте хартия, кола (car, carriage, cart, cartful, drag, machine, motor car, starch, wain, wheels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kniha (book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bog (book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | boek papier (quire of paper), boek (book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چهارورق کاغذتاشده وهشت ورق شده است , کاغذرادسته کردن , ورق هشت برگی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kirja (book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | main de papier (quire of paper), cahier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Buch (book, script, volume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δεσμίσ 24 φύλλων, 25 φύλλα τυπογραφικού χάρτη (quire of paper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kórus (choir, chorus), énekkar (choir, chorus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | quaderno (cahier, copybook, exercise book, notebook), misura di carta, mano (coat, coating, deal, fist, game, hand, hands, lead, side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 一帖 (a quire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いちじょう (a matter, a quire, a quotation, a salver, a streak, a tray, certain, defined, definite, fixed, one mat, one time, prescribed, regularized, settled, standardized, uniform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiare coipyn as feed, kerroo-phabyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irequay mão de papel (quire of paper), caderno não costurado. (various references) testea de hârtie, coalã de tipar. (various references) десть. (various references) deighlean (a quire of paper). (various references) dvadeset četir tabaka hartije za pisanje, arak. (various references) mano de papel (quire of paper). (various references) bok (beech, beech tree, book). (various references) kâğıt tabakası. (various references) сфальцований друкарський аркуш, хор (choir, choral society, chorus), фальцювати (rabbet), десть. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | quaterni. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quire": quired, quires. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "quire": acquire, enquire, esquire, inquire, prerequire, reacquire, require, squire. (additional references) | |
Words containing "quire": acquired, acquirement, acquirements, acquirer, acquirers, acquires, enquired, enquires, esquired, esquires, inquired, inquirer, inquirers, inquires, prerequired, prerequires, reacquired, reacquires, required, requirement, requirements, requirer, requirers, requires, squirearchies, squirearchy, squired, squireen, squireens, squires. (additional references) | |
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"Quire" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aquiar, aquire, Aquirre, duire, equir, equire, guire, kire, qire, quabe, quaer, Quaere, quafe, quage, quaire, quape, quara, quarb, quare, Quareca, quared, quarey, quarez, quarf, quarg, quari, quarie, quarj, quarm, quaro, quarp, quarre, quawe, quebe, Quebra, quede, queere, quefe, quege, Queira, Queiroz, querd, quere, querel, querey, queri, querm, querne, Quero, querp, querr, querre, querw, queve, quewe, quiar, quibe, quide, quidem, quie, quiea, quieb, quief, quiek, quiel, quiem, quiep, quier, quieren, quiero, Quiery, quiev, quiex, quiey, quife, quige, quije, quike, quikee, quile, quime, quipe, quir, quirc, quird, quired, quirex, quirey, quirg, Quirici, Quirico, Quirin, quirke, Quirm, quirn, quiro, Quiroz, quirp, quirs, quirx, quiry, quise, quive, quivre, quiwe, quize, quoer, quoie, quoir, quora, quore, quored, quors, qu'ran, qurd, qure, quree, quri, quria, quric, quril, quyke, Ruiru, uirrel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "quire" (pronounced kwī"r) |
| 4 | k w ī" r | inquire, reacquire, require, squire. |
| 3 | -w ī" r | wire. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-q-r-u" | |
-2 letters: ire, rei, rue. | |
-3 letters: er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-q-r-u" | |
+1 letter: cirque, quired, quires, quiver, requin, risque, squire. | |
+2 letters: acquire, aquifer, aquiver, briquet, cirques, enquire, enquiry, esquire, inquire, liqueur, perique, piroque, quakier, querida, queried, querier, queries, querist, quicker, quieter, quilter, quipper, quirked, quirted, quitter, quivers, quivery, quizzer, reequip, relique, requiem, requins, require, requite, squired, squires, uniquer. | |
+3 letters: acquired, acquirer, acquires, aequorin, antiquer, aquifers, beliquor, briquets, cliquier, critique, enquired, enquires, equipper, esquired, esquires, inquired, inquirer, inquires, liqueurs, liquored, marquise, periques, piroques, pratique, quaggier, quagmire, quainter, qualmier, quarried, quarrier, quarries, quartile, queasier, queazier, queering, queerish, quercine, queridas, queriers, querists, querying, quibbler, quieters, quilters, quippers, quipster, quirkier, quitrent, quitters, quivered, quiverer, quizzers, ramequin, reequips, reliques, requiems, required, requirer, requires, requital, requited, requiter, requites, sequitur, squinter, squireen, squirmed, squirmer, squirrel, squirted, squirter. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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