quatre
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.
NounEdit
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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CatalanEdit
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Cardinal : quatre Ordinal : quart Multiplier : quàdruple | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on quatre |
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
quatre m or f
Derived termsEdit
- quatre gats (“only a few people”)
- dir quatre coses (“to tell off”)
NounEdit
quatre m (plural quatres)
- four
- (castells) a castell with four castellers per level
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Catalan quatre, Italian quattro, Portuguese quatro, Spanish cuatro.
PronunciationEdit
- (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA(key): /katʁ/
- (preceding a consonant) IPA(key): /ka.tʁə/, /kat/
Audio (France) (file)
NumeralEdit
40 | ||
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quatrième Multiplier: quadruple Fractional: quart |
quatre
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- 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 alsoEdit
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 readingEdit
- “quatre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French quatre.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
quatre (invariable)
- four (4)
DescendantsEdit
- French: quatre
NormanEdit
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Cardinal : quatre | ||
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
NumeralEdit
quatre
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
quatre
Related termsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
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Next: | cinc |
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