quatuor

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quattuor (frequently occurs without doubling quatuor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.tɥɔʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɥɔ

Noun

quatuor m (plural quatuors)

1. (music) quartet (composition)
2. (music) quartet (group of musicians)
3. (sexuality) foursome

Further reading

• “quatuor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Numeral

quātuor (indeclinable)

1. medieval spelling of quattuor

References

• quatuor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• quatuor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016