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catre

catre

See also: către and cá trê

Old French

Alternative forms

qatre
quatre

Numeral

catre

four

Descendants

French: quatre

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

quatre

Etymology

From Latin quattuor.

Numeral

catre

four

References

(fr)(de) quattuor in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

Portuguese

Noun

catre m (plural catres)

cot (portable or temporary bed)

Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese catre, from Tamil கட்டில் ‎(kaṭṭil), from Sanskrit खट्वा ‎(khaṭvā, “bed, couch, hammock”). Cognate with English cot, from Sanskrit via Hindi खाट ‎(khāṭ)

Noun

catre m ‎(plural catres)

cot (bed frame)