quatre
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
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
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 150: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., catre, from Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation
Numeral
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Cardinal : quatre Ordinal : quart Multiplier : quàdruple | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on Quatre |
quatre m or f
Derived terms
- quatre gats (“only a few people”)
- dir quatre coses (“to tell off”)
Noun
quatre m (plural quatres)
French
Etymology
From Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation
- (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA(key): /katʁ/
- (preceding a consonant) IPA(key): /ka.tʁə/, /kat/
Audio (France): (file)
Numeral
40 | ||
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quatrième Ordinal abbreviation: 4e, (nonstandard) 4ème Multiplier: quadruple Fractional: quart | ||
French Wikipedia article on 4 |
quatre
Derived terms
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: katr, kat
- English: quatre (borrowing)
- Garifuna: gádürü
- Guianese Creole: katr, kat
- Karipúna Creole French: kat
- Louisiana Creole: kat
- Seychellois Creole: kat
- Tayo: katr
See also
Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) | ||||||
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huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further reading
- “quatre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French quatre.
Pronunciation
Numeral
quatre (invariable)
- four (4)
Descendants
- French: quatre
Norman
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Cardinal : quatre | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Numeral
quatre
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor.
Pronunciation
Numeral
quatre
Related terms
Old French
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Numeral
4 | Previous: | trois |
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Next: | cinc |
quatre
Descendants
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