Quarter in French

Definition

Definition in EnglishA quarter of an hour, fifteen minutes, as used in telling the time (a quarter past two, a quarter to nine).

Definition in Frenchnom masculin (un quart d'heure) : quinze minutes pour dire l'heure, comme dans « deux heures et quart » ou « neuf heures moins le quart »

Example sentences

• Il est deux heures et quart.🔊

  It's a quarter past two.

• Il est neuf heures moins le quart.🔊

  It's a quarter to nine.

• Oui, il est neuf heures moins le quart.🔊

  Yes, it's a quarter to nine.

Learn it in a lesson

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