chwarter

• (South Wales) cwarter

Borrowed from English quarter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈχwartɛr/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχwartar/
• Rhymes: -artɛr

chwarter m (plural chwarterau or chwarteriau or chwarterion or chwarteri, not mutable)

1. quarter (one of four equal parts)

   Rydw i'n mynd i adael am chwarter wedi naw.

   I'm going to leave at quarter past nine.

• hanner (“half”)
• pedrannu (“to quarter, to divide into four parts”)
• traean (“third”)

• Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwarter”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies