quatre

English

Alternative forms

• cater

Etymology

Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.

Noun

quatre (plural quatres)

1. (archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips.
   • 1775, “a Connoisseur”, “Containing an Account of the Game of Back-gammon, with the most approved Method of playing at it, and the Rules of the Game. Together with the Artifices and Legerdemains that are frequently practised at it.”, in Annals of Gaming; or, The Fair Player’s Sure Guide. Containing Original Treatises on the following Games. […], London: […] G. Allen, […], pages 181–182:

     Accordingly 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, cinq, or ſix.

   • 1775, “Introduction to the Game of Back-Gammon; With the most approved Method of playing at it”, in Charles Jones, editor, Hoyle’s Games Improved. Being Practical Treatises on the following Fashionable Games, […], London: […] J. Rivington and J. Wilkie, […], page 170:

     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.

Related terms

• ace, deuce, trey, cinque, sice

Anagrams

• aquert, quarte

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Catalan

Catalan cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : quatre     Ordinal : quart     Multiplier : quàdruple
Catalan Wikipedia article on quatre

Etymology

From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.tɾe/
• Rhymes: -atɾe

Numeral

quatre m or f

1. four
2. a few

Derived terms

• quatre gats (“only a few people”)
• dir quatre coses (“to tell off”)

Noun

quatre m (plural quatres)

1. four
2. (castells) a castell with four castellers per level

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French

Etymology

From Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Catalan quatre, Italian quattro, Portuguese quatro, Spanish cuatro.

Pronunciation

• (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA^(key): /katʁ/
• (preceding a consonant) IPA^(key): /ka.tʁə/, /kat/

• Audio (France)

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Numeral

French numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: quatre     Ordinal: quatrième     Multiplier: quadruple     Fractional: quart

quatre

1. four

Derived terms

• dire ses quatre vérités
• entre quatre yeux
• manger comme quatre
• quatrième
• se mettre en quatre
• tiré à quatre épingles
• tous les quatre matins

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: katr, kat
• Garifuna: gádürü
• Guianese Creole: katr, kat
• Karipúna Creole French: kat
• Louisiana Creole French: kat
• Seychellois Creole: kat
• Tayo: katr
• → English: quatre

Further reading

• “quatre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• traque, traqué

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French quatre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.trə/

Numeral

quatre (invariable)

1. four (4)

Descendants

• French: quatre

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Norman

Norman cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : quatre

Alternative forms

• quat' (Jersey)
• quate (continental Norman)

Etymology

From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

quatre

1. (Guernsey) four

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatre/

Numeral

quatre

1. four

Related terms

• quaranta
• quart
• quatren

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Old French

Alternative forms

• catre
• qatre

Etymology

From Latin quattuor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatrə/

Numeral

cardinal number

4	Previous:	trois
	Next:	cinc

quatre

1. four

Descendants

• Middle French: quatre
  • French: quatre
    • Antillean Creole: katr, kat
    • Garifuna: gádürü
    • Guianese Creole: katr, kat
    • Karipúna Creole French: kat
    • Louisiana Creole French: kat
    • Seychellois Creole: kat
    • Tayo: katr
    • → English: quatre
• Franc-Comtois: quaitre
• Norman: quate (continental), quatre (Guernsey), quat' (Jersey)
• Picard: quate
• Walloon: cwate