quatre

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French quatre.

Noun

quatre (plural quatres)

1. (archaic) A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips.
   • 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, Pantologia

     The first best throw upon the dice is esteemed aces, as it stops the six-point in the outer table, and secures the cinque in your own, whereby your adversary's two men upon your ace-point cannot get out with either quatre, cinque, or six.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /'kwatɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /'kwatɾe/
• Rhymes: -atɾə

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin quattuor (“four”).

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quatre     Ordinal : quart     Multiplier : quàdruple
Catalan Wikipedia article on quatre

quatre

1. (cardinal) four

Derived terms

• ser quatre gats = very few people
• dir quatre coses = tell off

Noun

quatre m (plural quatres)

1. four

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French

Etymology

From Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /katʁ/

Numeral

French cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quatre     Ordinal : quatrième
French Wikipedia article on quatre

quatre

1. four

Derived terms

• quatrième

Descendants

+/-

• Acadian French: quatte
• Antillean Creole: katr, kat
• English: quatre (borrowing)
• Guianese Creole: katr, kat

• Karipúna Creole French: kat
• Louisiana Creole French: kat
• Seychellois Creole: kat
• Tayo: katr

Anagrams

• traque, traqué

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Latin quattuor.

Numeral

Guernésiais cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quatre

quatre

1. four

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin quattuor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatre/

Cardinal numeral

quatre

1. four

Related terms

• quaranta
• quart
• quatren

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Old French

Alternative forms

• catre
• qatre

Etymology

From Latin quattuor.

Numeral

quatre

1. four

Descendants

Descendants

+/- Middle French: quatre French: quatre Acadian French: quatte Antillean Creole: katr, kat English: quatre (borrowing) Guianese Creole: katr, kat Karipúna Creole French: kat Louisiana Creole French: kat Seychellois Creole: kat Tayo: katr Guernésiais: quatre, quate Jèrriais: quat' Norman: quate Picard: quate Walloon: cwate