quatre

§EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French quatre.

§NounEdit

quatre (plural quatres)

1. (archaic) A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips.
   • 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, Pantologia

     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.

§PronunciationEdit

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkwatɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkwatɾe/
• Rhymes: -atɾe

§EtymologyEdit

From Old Provençal, from Latin quattuor (“four”).

§NumeralEdit

quatre m, f

1. (cardinal) four

§Derived termsEdit

• ser quatre gats = very few people
• dir quatre coses = tell off

§NounEdit

quatre m (plural quatres)

1. four

§EtymologyEdit

From Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor.

§PronunciationEdit

• (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA^(key): /katʁ/
• (preceding a consonant) IPA^(key): /katʁə/, /kat/

• Audio (France)

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§NumeralEdit

quatre

1. four

§Derived termsEdit

• quatrième

§DescendantsEdit

§AnagramsEdit

• traque, traqué

§External linksEdit

• “quatre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

§Alternative formsEdit

• quat' (Jersey)
• quate (continental Norman)

§EtymologyEdit

From Latin quattuor.

§NumeralEdit

quatre

1. (Guernsey, cardinal) four

§EtymologyEdit

From Old Provençal, from Latin quattuor.

§PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatre/

§Cardinal numeralEdit

quatre

1. four

§Related termsEdit

• quaranta
• quart
• quatren

§Alternative formsEdit

• catre
• qatre

§EtymologyEdit

From Latin quattuor.

§NumeralEdit

quatre

1. four

§DescendantsEdit