quad

Other forms of quad

plural

quads·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quad

What does quad mean?

quad means "one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quad?

quad has 1 syllable: quad. In IPA it is /ˈkwɑd/.

What is another word for quad?

Close synonyms include quadruplet, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, space. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quad a common word?

quad is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.