quatre
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
quatre (plural quatres)
- (archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) 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.
- 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, Pantologia
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Provençal quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : quatre Ordinal : quart Multiplier : quàdruple |
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quatre m, f
Derived terms[edit]
- quatre gats (“only a few people”)
- dir quatre coses (“to tell off”)
Noun[edit]
quatre m (plural quatres)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA(key): /katʁ/
- (preceding a consonant) IPA(key): /katʁə/, /kat/
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Audio (France) (file)
Numeral[edit]
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : quatre Ordinal : quatrième |
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quatre
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Antillean Creole: katr, kat
- English: quatre (borrowing)
- Guianese Creole: katr, kat
- Karipúna Creole French: kat
- Louisiana Creole French: kat
- Seychellois Creole: kat
- Tayo: katr
See also[edit]
| Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept |
| huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Anagrams[edit]
External links[edit]
- “quatre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French quatre.
Numeral[edit]
quatre (invariable)
- four (4)
Descendants[edit]
- French: quatre
Norman[edit]
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : quatre | ||
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Numeral[edit]
quatre
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Provençal quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
quatre
Related terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Numeral[edit]
quatre
Descendants[edit]
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