quarterly

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quarterly¹

adjective

  1. not comparable Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly. quarterly rent payments
  2. not comparable (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise. The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.

noun quarterlies

  1. A periodical publication that appears four times per year. “We’re hoping (that) getting the message out in the quarterlies is going to teach people, as well as their supervisors … you can’t do this stuff,” FBI assistant director Candice Will told CNN this week.

quarterly²

adverb

  1. not comparable Once every quarter year (three months).
  2. not comparable In the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield. It consisted of the arms of the City of London, Middlesex (three seaxes, or Saxon swords), Buckingham (a swan), and Hertford (a hart), arranged quarterly, on a background of crimson and ermine mantling […].

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: every quarter, bi-annual, annual, half-yearly, triennial, biannual, monthly, trimester, quarter, semi-annual, season, magazine, newsletter, bulletin, iaq, seasonal

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adj occurring once every quarter year

Españoltrimestral
中文每季的 měijì de
हिन्दीत्रैमासिक traimāsik
Portuguêstrimestral
Françaistrimestriel
Deutschvierteljährlich, dreimonatlich
Italianotrimestrale
Русскийкварта́льный kvartálʹnyj, ежекварта́льный ježekvartálʹnyj, трёхме́сячный trjoxmésjačnyj

adj divided into four parts crosswise

Españolacuartelado, cuartelado
Portuguêsesquartelado
Françaisécartelé
DeutschVierung
Italianoinquartato

noun periodical publication

한국어계간 gyegan, 계간지 gyeganji
日本語季刊 kikan, 季刊誌 kikanshi
中文季刊 jìkān
DeutschVierteljahresschrift
Русскийтрёхме́сячник trjoxmésjačnik
Tiếng Việtquý san

adv once every quarter year

Españoltrimestralmente
日本語四半期毎 shihanki-goto
中文每季地 měijì de
हिन्दीत्रैमासिक traimāsik
Portuguêstrimestralmente
Françaistrimestriellement
Deutschvierteljährlich, quartalsweise
Italianotrimestralmente
Русскийпокварта́льно pokvartálʹno, ежекварта́льно ježekvartálʹno, раз в три ме́сяца raz v tri mésjaca

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@misc{quarterly_2026,
  title = {quarterly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quarterly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}