Quark in Scrabble and Meaning

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quark

English

Etymology 1

Coined by American physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1963. The literary connection to James Joyce's Finnegans Wake was asserted later.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kwôk, IPA^(key): /kwɔːk/; enPR: kwäk, IPA^(key): /kwɑːk/
• (General American) enPR: kwôrk, IPA^(key): /kwɔɹk/; enPR: kwärk, IPA^(key): /kwɑɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k, -ɑː(ɹ)k

Noun

quark (plural quarks)

2. (physics) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.

   Synonym: (obsolete) ace
3. (computing, X Window System) An integer that uniquely identifies a text string.
4. (slang, X Window System) A nonsense, trivial text string.

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Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Quark, from late Middle High German twarc, from a West Slavic language (compare Polish twaróg), from Proto-Slavic *tvarogъ. Doublet of tvorog.

Noun

quark (uncountable)

2. A soft creamy cheese, eaten throughout northern, central, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

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Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of the squawk.

Noun

quark (plural quarks)

1. (Falkland Islands, informal) The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.

Translations

See also

• hadron
• meson

Further reading

• quark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• quark (dairy product) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• quark (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Basque

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English quark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwark/ [kwark]
• Rhymes: -ark
• Hyphenation: quark

Noun

quark inan

1. (physics) quark

Declension

Further reading

• “quark”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Catalan

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English quark.

Noun

quark m (plural quarks)

1. (physics) quark

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English quark.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: kwark

Noun

quark m (plural quarks)

1. (physics) quark

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English quark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwaʁk/

Noun

quark m (plural quarks)

1. (physics) quark

Galician

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English quark.

Noun

quark m (plural quarks)

1. (physics) quark

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English quark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwark/
• Rhymes: -ark
• Hyphenation: quàrk

Noun

quark m (invariable)

1. (physics) quark

Derived terms

• quarkonio

Further reading

• quark in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English quark.

Noun

quark m (plural quarks)

1. (physics) quark (an elementary subatomic particle which forms matter)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Quark.

Noun

quark m (plural quarks)

1. quark (soft creamy cheese)

Further reading

• “quark”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “quark”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “quark”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “quark”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “quark”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “quark”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cuark, cuarc

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English quark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾk/ [ˈkwaɾk]
• Rhymes: -aɾk
• Syllabification: quark

Noun

quark m (plural quarks)

1. quark

   Hypernyms: fermión, partícula elemental

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Hyponyms

• quarks: quark: quark arriba · quark abajo · quark encantado · quark extraño · quark cima · quark fondo ^[edit]

Further reading

• “quark”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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