quatre
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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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Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Spanish cuatro, from Latin quattuor.
Numeral edit
quatre
Catalan edit
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quart Ordinal abbreviation: 4t Multiplier: quàdruple | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on 4 |
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Occitan quatre, French quatre, and Spanish cuatro.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
quatre m or f
- (cardinal number) four
- a few
- quatre gats ― only a few people (literally, “four cats”)
Derived terms edit
- quatre gats (“only a few people”, literally “four cats”)
- dir quatre coses (“to tell off”, literally “to tell four things”)
- fer quatre ratlles (“to write a short text”, literally “to make four lines”)
Noun edit
quatre m (plural quatres)
- four
- (castells) a castell with four castellers per level
References edit
- “quatre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quatrième Ordinal abbreviation: 4e, (nonstandard) 4ème Multiplier: quadruple Fractional: quart | ||
French Wikipedia article on 4 |
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Catalan quatre, Italian quattro, Portuguese quatro, Spanish cuatro.
Pronunciation edit
- (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA(key): /katʁ/
- (preceding a consonant) IPA(key): /ka.tʁə/, (colloquial) /kat/
Audio (France) (file)
Numeral edit
quatre (invariable)
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
- Antillean Creole: katr, kat
- Garifuna: gádürü
- Guianese Creole: katr, kat
- Karipúna Creole French: kat
- Louisiana Creole: kat
- Seychellois Creole: kat
- Tayo: katr
- → English: quatre
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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 edit
- “quatre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Etymology edit
From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation edit
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quatre (invariable)
- four (4)
Descendants edit
- French: quatre (see there for further descendants)
Norman edit
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Cardinal : quatre | ||
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
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quatre
Occitan edit
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Cardinal : quatre Ordinal : quatren | ||
Occitan Wikipedia article on Quatre |
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor. Cognates include Catalan quatre.
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quatre
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Old French edit
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From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
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