Quire

(kwīr)

(materials) Twenty-five sheets of paper, or one-twentieth of a 500-sheet ream.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A quantity of paper.

Tutor's tip: The members of the "choir" (an organized group of singers) each had a "quire" (a set of 24 sheets of paper) sheets of music.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - bog (24 ark), ark, læg

idioms:

• in quires    i løse ark

2.
n. - kor, synge i kor

Nederlands (Dutch)
katern, stel van 24 of 25 vellen boekpapier, in katernen vouwen

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Imprim) cahier, main (24 ou 25 feuilles)

idioms:

• in quires    en mains, en feuilles

2.
n. - chorale

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Lage, 24/25 Bogen, 4 zu 8 Blättern gefaltete Bögen

idioms:

• in quires    ungebunden

2.
n. - Chor

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεσμίδα 24 ή 25 φύλλων χαρτιού γραφής

idioms:

• in quires    άδετος, σε φύλλα

Italiano (Italian)
quaderno, mazzetta

idioms:

• in quires    non rilegato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - coral (m) (de igreja)

idioms:

• in quires    em blocos de 24 folhas

Русский (Russian)
десть

idioms:

• in quires    комплектовать блок

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - mano de papel

idioms:

• in quires    sin encuadernar, en cuadernillos

2.
n. - coro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bok, ark, lägg, kör (åld.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 一叠对折的手稿

idioms:

• in quires    未装订成册的, 成刀的

2. 一刀

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 一刀

2.
n. - 一疊對摺的手稿

idioms:

• in quires    未裝訂成冊的, 成刀的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 1 첩, 1권(종이 24 또는 25매), (제본 시)한 절

idioms:

• in quires    접지한 채로, 제본되지 않고

2.
n. - 합창단, 성가대석, 노래하는 새떼

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一帖

idioms:

• in quires    ばらで

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رزمه أوراق مؤلفه من أربع وعشرين أو خمسه وعشرين ورقه من نوع واحد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ארבעה גליונות-נייר מקופלים לשמונה דפים בכתבי-יד מימה"ב, קובץ כלשהו של דפים אחד בתוך השני בכתב-יד של ספר, קונטרס, 52 גליונות נייר‬
n. - ‮מקהלה‬

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