diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ba21a1f2a..1bbd7a935 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
   `upper_bound` (#1203).
 - `$clip_min()` and `$clip_max()` are removed. Use `$clip()` with only
   `lower_bound` or `upper_bound` instead (#1203).
+- In `$write_csv` and `$sink_csv()`, the argument `quote` is renamed
+  `quote_char` (#1206).
 
 ### New features
 
diff --git a/R/dataframe__frame.R b/R/dataframe__frame.R
index ab45a516e..d54545d8a 100644
--- a/R/dataframe__frame.R
+++ b/R/dataframe__frame.R
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ DataFrame_transpose = function(
 #' @param include_header Whether to include header in the CSV output.
 #' @param separator Separate CSV fields with this symbol.
 #' @param line_terminator String used to end each row.
-#' @param quote Byte to use as quoting character.
+#' @param quote_char Byte to use as quoting character.
 #' @param batch_size Number of rows that will be processed per thread.
 #' @param datetime_format A format string, with the specifiers defined by the
 #' chrono Rust crate. If no format specified, the default fractional-second
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ DataFrame_write_csv = function(
     include_header = TRUE,
     separator = ",",
     line_terminator = "\n",
-    quote = '"',
+    quote_char = '"',
     batch_size = 1024,
     datetime_format = NULL,
     date_format = NULL,
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ DataFrame_write_csv = function(
     quote_style = "necessary") {
   .pr$DataFrame$write_csv(
     self,
-    file, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote,
+    file, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote_char,
     batch_size, datetime_format, date_format, time_format, float_precision,
     null_values, quote_style
   ) |>
diff --git a/R/extendr-wrappers.R b/R/extendr-wrappers.R
index 4fb3f99a9..d3a1b55cd 100644
--- a/R/extendr-wrappers.R
+++ b/R/extendr-wrappers.R
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ RPolarsDataFrame$transpose <- function(keep_names_as, new_col_names) .Call(wrap_
 
 RPolarsDataFrame$clear <- function() .Call(wrap__RPolarsDataFrame__clear, self)
 
-RPolarsDataFrame$write_csv <- function(file, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote, batch_size, datetime_format, date_format, time_format, float_precision, null_value, quote_style) .Call(wrap__RPolarsDataFrame__write_csv, self, file, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote, batch_size, datetime_format, date_format, time_format, float_precision, null_value, quote_style)
+RPolarsDataFrame$write_csv <- function(file, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote_char, batch_size, datetime_format, date_format, time_format, float_precision, null_value, quote_style) .Call(wrap__RPolarsDataFrame__write_csv, self, file, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote_char, batch_size, datetime_format, date_format, time_format, float_precision, null_value, quote_style)
 
 RPolarsDataFrame$write_ipc <- function(file, compression, compat_level) .Call(wrap__RPolarsDataFrame__write_ipc, self, file, compression, compat_level)
 
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ RPolarsLazyFrame$sink_parquet <- function(path, compression_method, compression_
 
 RPolarsLazyFrame$sink_ipc <- function(path, compression, maintain_order) .Call(wrap__RPolarsLazyFrame__sink_ipc, self, path, compression, maintain_order)
 
-RPolarsLazyFrame$sink_csv <- function(path, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote, batch_size, datetime_format, date_format, time_format, float_precision, null_value, quote_style, maintain_order) .Call(wrap__RPolarsLazyFrame__sink_csv, self, path, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote, batch_size, datetime_format, date_format, time_format, float_precision, null_value, quote_style, maintain_order)
+RPolarsLazyFrame$sink_csv <- function(path, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote_char, batch_size, datetime_format, date_format, time_format, float_precision, null_value, quote_style, maintain_order) .Call(wrap__RPolarsLazyFrame__sink_csv, self, path, include_bom, include_header, separator, line_terminator, quote_char, batch_size, datetime_format, date_format, time_format, float_precision, null_value, quote_style, maintain_order)
 
 RPolarsLazyFrame$sink_json <- function(path, maintain_order) .Call(wrap__RPolarsLazyFrame__sink_json, self, path, maintain_order)
 
diff --git a/R/lazyframe__lazy.R b/R/lazyframe__lazy.R
index 312721688..2d2839a7f 100644
--- a/R/lazyframe__lazy.R
+++ b/R/lazyframe__lazy.R
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ LazyFrame_sink_csv = function(
     include_header = TRUE,
     separator = ",",
     line_terminator = "\n",
-    quote = '"',
+    quote_char = '"',
     batch_size = 1024,
     datetime_format = NULL,
     date_format = NULL,
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ LazyFrame_sink_csv = function(
       include_header,
       separator,
       line_terminator,
-      quote,
+      quote_char,
       batch_size,
       datetime_format,
       date_format,
diff --git a/man/IO_sink_csv.Rd b/man/IO_sink_csv.Rd
index e39dc4344..e702a5588 100644
--- a/man/IO_sink_csv.Rd
+++ b/man/IO_sink_csv.Rd
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LazyFrame_sink_csv(
   include_header = TRUE,
   separator = ",",
   line_terminator = "\\n",
-  quote = "\\"",
+  quote_char = "\\"",
   batch_size = 1024,
   datetime_format = NULL,
   date_format = NULL,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ output.}
 
 \item{line_terminator}{String used to end each row.}
 
-\item{quote}{Byte to use as quoting character.}
+\item{quote_char}{Byte to use as quoting character.}
 
 \item{batch_size}{Number of rows that will be processed per thread.}
 
diff --git a/man/IO_write_csv.Rd b/man/IO_write_csv.Rd
index 421883a14..d1268e8c2 100644
--- a/man/IO_write_csv.Rd
+++ b/man/IO_write_csv.Rd
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DataFrame_write_csv(
   include_header = TRUE,
   separator = ",",
   line_terminator = "\\n",
-  quote = "\\"",
+  quote_char = "\\"",
   batch_size = 1024,
   datetime_format = NULL,
   date_format = NULL,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ output.}
 
 \item{line_terminator}{String used to end each row.}
 
-\item{quote}{Byte to use as quoting character.}
+\item{quote_char}{Byte to use as quoting character.}
 
 \item{batch_size}{Number of rows that will be processed per thread.}
 
diff --git a/src/rust/src/lazy/dataframe.rs b/src/rust/src/lazy/dataframe.rs
index e0dfa4f84..483d04642 100644
--- a/src/rust/src/lazy/dataframe.rs
+++ b/src/rust/src/lazy/dataframe.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl RPolarsLazyFrame {
         include_header: Robj,
         separator: Robj,
         line_terminator: Robj,
-        quote: Robj,
+        quote_char: Robj,
         batch_size: Robj,
         datetime_format: Robj,
         date_format: Robj,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ impl RPolarsLazyFrame {
         let datetime_format = robj_to!(Option, String, datetime_format)?;
         let float_precision = robj_to!(Option, usize, float_precision)?;
         let separator = robj_to!(Utf8Byte, separator)?;
-        let quote = robj_to!(Utf8Byte, quote)?;
+        let quote_char = robj_to!(Utf8Byte, quote_char)?;
         let null_value = robj_to!(String, null_value)?;
         let line_terminator = robj_to!(String, line_terminator)?;
         let quote_style = robj_to!(QuoteStyle, quote_style)?;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ impl RPolarsLazyFrame {
             float_scientific: None,
             float_precision,
             separator,
-            quote_char: quote,
+            quote_char: quote_char,
             null: null_value,
             line_terminator,
             quote_style,
diff --git a/src/rust/src/rdataframe/mod.rs b/src/rust/src/rdataframe/mod.rs
index d76533c38..0f1d24062 100644
--- a/src/rust/src/rdataframe/mod.rs
+++ b/src/rust/src/rdataframe/mod.rs
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ impl RPolarsDataFrame {
         include_header: Robj,
         separator: Robj,
         line_terminator: Robj,
-        quote: Robj,
+        quote_char: Robj,
         batch_size: Robj,
         datetime_format: Robj,
         date_format: Robj,
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ impl RPolarsDataFrame {
             .include_header(robj_to!(bool, include_header)?)
             .with_separator(robj_to!(Utf8Byte, separator)?)
             .with_line_terminator(robj_to!(String, line_terminator)?)
-            .with_quote_char(robj_to!(Utf8Byte, quote)?)
+            .with_quote_char(robj_to!(Utf8Byte, quote_char)?)
             .with_batch_size(robj_to!(nonzero_usize, batch_size)?)
             .with_datetime_format(robj_to!(Option, String, datetime_format)?)
             .with_date_format(robj_to!(Option, String, date_format)?)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-csv-write.R b/tests/testthat/test-csv-write.R
index 252fb791d..b05dc337d 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-csv-write.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-csv-write.R
@@ -45,15 +45,15 @@ test_that("write_csv: quote_style and quote works", {
   expect_identical(ctx$TypeMismatch, "&str")
 
   # zero byte quote
-  ctx = dat_pl2$write_csv(temp_out, quote = "") |> get_err_ctx()
+  ctx = dat_pl2$write_csv(temp_out, quote_char = "") |> get_err_ctx()
   expect_identical(ctx$Plain, "cannot extract single byte from empty string")
 
   # multi byte quote not allowed
-  ctx = dat_pl2$write_csv(temp_out, quote = "£") |> get_err_ctx()
+  ctx = dat_pl2$write_csv(temp_out, quote_char = "£") |> get_err_ctx()
   expect_identical(ctx$Plain, "multi byte-string not allowed")
 
   # multi string not allowed
-  ctx = dat_pl2$write_csv(temp_out, quote = c("a", "b")) |> get_err_ctx()
+  ctx = dat_pl2$write_csv(temp_out, quote_char = c("a", "b")) |> get_err_ctx()
   expect_identical(ctx$TypeMismatch, "&str")
 })
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-sink_stream.R b/tests/testthat/test-sink_stream.R
index 5d676c6df..9427ab15a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-sink_stream.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-sink_stream.R
@@ -171,15 +171,15 @@ test_that("sink_csv: quote_style and quote works", {
   expect_identical(ctx$TypeMismatch, "&str")
 
   # zero byte quote
-  ctx = dat_pl2$sink_csv(temp_out, quote = "") |> get_err_ctx()
+  ctx = dat_pl2$sink_csv(temp_out, quote_char = "") |> get_err_ctx()
   expect_identical(ctx$Plain, "cannot extract single byte from empty string")
 
   # multi byte quote not allowed
-  ctx = dat_pl2$sink_csv(temp_out, quote = "£") |> get_err_ctx()
+  ctx = dat_pl2$sink_csv(temp_out, quote_char = "£") |> get_err_ctx()
   expect_identical(ctx$Plain, "multi byte-string not allowed")
 
   # multi string not allowed
-  ctx = dat_pl2$sink_csv(temp_out, quote = c("a", "b")) |> get_err_ctx()
+  ctx = dat_pl2$sink_csv(temp_out, quote_char = c("a", "b")) |> get_err_ctx()
   expect_identical(ctx$TypeMismatch, "&str")
 })