quatre
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
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Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
Akin to Spanish cuatro, from Latin quattuor.
Numeral
quatre
Catalan
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quart Ordinal abbreviation: 4t Multiplier: quàdruple | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on 4 |
Etymology
From Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Occitan quatre, French quatre, and Spanish cuatro.
Pronunciation
Numeral
quatre m or f
Derived terms
- quatre gats (“only a few people”)
- dir quatre coses (“to tell off”)
Noun
quatre m (plural quatres)
- four
- (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
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quatrième Ordinal abbreviation: 4e, (nonstandard) 4ème Multiplier: quadruple Fractional: quart | ||
French Wikipedia article on 4 |
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)
Derived terms
- 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
- 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) | ||||||
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as | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept |
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, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation
Numeral
quatre (invariable)
- four (4)
Descendants
- French: quatre (see there for further descendants)
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
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Cardinal : quatre Ordinal : quatren | ||
Occitan Wikipedia article on Quatre |
Etymology
From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor. Cognates include Catalan quatre.
Pronunciation
Numeral
quatre
Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation
Numeral
4 | Previous: | trois |
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Next: | cinc |
quatre
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