quatre
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.
PronunciationEdit
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.
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Akin to Spanish cuatro, from Latin quattuor.
NumeralEdit
quatre
CatalanEdit
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quart Ordinal abbreviation: 4t Multiplier: quàdruple | ||
Catalan Wikipedia article on 4 |
EtymologyEdit
From Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Occitan quatre, French quatre, and Spanish cuatro.
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
ReferencesEdit
- “quatre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
FrenchEdit
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Cardinal: quatre Ordinal: quatrième Ordinal abbreviation: 4e, (nonstandard) 4ème Multiplier: quadruple Fractional: quart | ||
French Wikipedia article on 4 |
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
quatre (invariable)
Derived termsEdit
- 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
DescendantsEdit
- 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 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
quatre (invariable)
- four (4)
DescendantsEdit
- French: quatre (see there for further descendants)
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
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Cardinal : quatre Ordinal : quatren | ||
Occitan Wikipedia article on quatre |
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor. Cognates include Catalan quatre.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
quatre
Related termsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
4 | Previous: | trois |
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