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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.
Noun[edit]
quatre (plural quatres)
- (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[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Aragonese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Akin to Spanish cuatro, from Latin quattuor.
Numeral[edit]
quatre
Catalan[edit]
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Cardinal : quatre Ordinal : quart Multiplier : quàdruple | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on quatre |
Etymology[edit]
From Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Occitan quatre, French quatre, and Spanish cuatro.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
quatre m or f
Derived terms[edit]
- quatre gats (“only a few people”)
- dir quatre coses (“to tell off”)
Noun[edit]
quatre m (plural quatres)
- four
- (castells) a castell with four castellers per level
References[edit]
- “quatre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Catalan quatre, Italian quattro, Portuguese quatro, Spanish cuatro.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA(key): /katʁ/
- (preceding a consonant) IPA(key): /ka.tʁə/, /kat/
Audio (France) (file)
Numeral[edit]
40 | ||
← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quatrième Multiplier: quadruple Fractional: quart |
quatre
Derived terms[edit]
- à un de ces quatre
- dire ses quatre vérités
- entre quatre yeux
- la semaine des quatre jeudis
- manger comme quatre
- patin à quatre roues
- patin à roulettes quatre roues
- quatre cents
- quatre dragons du Pacifique
- quatre volontés
- quatrième
- se mettre en quatre
- se plier en quatre
- tiré à quatre épingles
- tous les quatre matins
- trèfle à quatre feuilles
- un de ces quatre
- un de ces quatre matins
Descendants[edit]
- 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
See also[edit]
Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) | ||||||
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huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further reading[edit]
- “quatre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French quatre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
quatre (invariable)
- four (4)
Descendants[edit]
- French: quatre
Norman[edit]
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Cardinal : quatre | ||
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Numeral[edit]
quatre
Occitan[edit]
< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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Cardinal : quatre Ordinal : quatren | ||
Occitan Wikipedia article on quatre |
Etymology[edit]
From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor. Cognates include Catalan quatre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
quatre
Related terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
4 | Previous: | trois |
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Next: | cinc |
quatre
Descendants[edit]
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