quatre

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.

Pronunciation

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.

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to Spanish cuatro, from Latin quattuor.

Numeral

quatre

  1. four

Catalan

Catalan numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: quatre
    Ordinal: quart
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4t
    Multiplier: quàdruple

Etymology

From Latin quattuor (four), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Occitan quatre, French quatre, and Spanish cuatro.

Pronunciation

Numeral

quatre m or f

  1. (cardinal number) four
  2. a few

Derived terms

Noun

quatre m (plural quatres)

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

References

  • “quatre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

French numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: quatre
    Ordinal: quatrième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4e, (nonstandard) 4ème
    Multiplier: quadruple
    Fractional: quart

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):(file)

Numeral

quatre (invariable)

  1. four

Derived terms

Descendants

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

See also

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Numeral

quatre (invariable)

  1. four (4)

Descendants

  • French: quatre (see there for further descendants)

Norman

Norman cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quatre

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

quatre

  1. (Guernsey) four

Occitan

Occitan cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quatre
    Ordinal : quatren

Etymology

From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor. Cognates include Catalan quatre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.tɾe/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: qua‧tre

Numeral

quatre

  1. four

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkatrə/, (north) /ˈkwatrə/

Numeral

cardinal number
4 Previous: trois
Next: cinc

quatre

  1. four

Descendants