EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

quatre (plural quatres)

  1. (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

  1. four

CatalanEdit

Catalan numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    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

  1. (cardinal number) four
  2. a few

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

quatre m (plural quatres)

  1. four
  2. (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

French numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    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/
  • (file)

NumeralEdit

quatre (invariable)

  1. four

Derived termsEdit

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)
             
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
             
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

quatre (invariable)

  1. four (4)

DescendantsEdit

  • French: quatre (see there for further descendants)

NormanEdit

Norman cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quatre

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

NumeralEdit

quatre

  1. (Guernsey) four

OccitanEdit

Occitan cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quatre
    Ordinal : quatren
Occitan Wikipedia article on quatre

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor. Cognates include Catalan quatre.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.tɾe/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: qua‧tre

NumeralEdit

quatre

  1. four

Related termsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkatrə/, (north) /ˈkwatrə/

NumeralEdit

cardinal number
4 Previous: trois
Next: cinc

quatre

  1. four

DescendantsEdit