quatre

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.
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Anagrams

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Akin to Spanish cuatro, from Latin quattuor.

Numeral

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quatre

  1. four

Catalan

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Catalan numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: quatre
    Ordinal: quart
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4t
    Multiplier: quàdruple

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin quattuor (four), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Occitan quatre, French quatre, and Spanish cuatro.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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quatre m or f

  1. (cardinal number) four
  2. a few
    quatre gatsonly a few people (literally, “four cats”)

Derived terms

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Noun

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quatre m (plural quatres)

  1. four
  2. (castells) a castell with four castellers per level

References

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  • “quatre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

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French numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: quatre
    Ordinal: quatrième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4e, (nonstandard) 4ème
    Multiplier: quadruple
    Fractional: quart

Etymology

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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

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  • (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA(key): /katʁ/
  • (preceding a consonant) IPA(key): /ka.tʁə/, (colloquial) /kat/
  • Audio (France):(file)

Numeral

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quatre (invariable)

  1. four

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • 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 also

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Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as deux trois quatre cinq six sept
huit neuf dix valet dame roi joker

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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quatre (invariable)

  1. four (4)

Descendants

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  • French: quatre (see there for further descendants)

Norman

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Norman cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quatre

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Numeral

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quatre

  1. (Guernsey) four

Occitan

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Occitan cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : quatre
    Ordinal : quatren

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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quatre

  1. four
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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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cardinal number
4 Previous: trois
Next: cinc

quatre

  1. four

Descendants

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