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Webster 1913 Edition


Quatre

Qua′tre

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Noun.
[F.]
A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips

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quatre

quatre

English

Alternative forms

Noun

quatre (plural quatres)

  1. (archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) 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.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor (four), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.tɾə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.tɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.tɾe/
  • Rhymes: -atɾe

Numeral

Catalan cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quatre
    Ordinal : quart
    Multiplier : quàdruple
Catalan Wikipedia article on quatre

quatre m, f

  1. (cardinal) four
  2. a few

Derived terms

  • quatre gats (only a few people)
  • dir quatre coses (to tell off)

Noun

quatre m (plural quatres)

  1. four

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

French cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quatre
    Ordinal : quatrième
French Wikipedia article on quatre

quatre

  1. four

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: katr, kat
  • English: quatre (borrowing)
  • Guianese Creole: katr, kat
  • Karipúna Creole French: kat
  • Louisiana Creole French: kat
  • Seychellois Creole: kat
  • Tayo: katr

See also

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

Anagrams


Middle French

Etymology

From Old French quatre.

Numeral

quatre (invariable)

  1. four (4)

Descendants


Norman

Norman cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : quatre

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

quatre

  1. (Guernsey, cardinal) four

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkatre/

Numeral

quatre

  1. four

Related terms


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin quattuor.

Numeral

quatre

  1. four

Descendants

  • Middle French: quatre
    • French: quatre
      • Antillean Creole: katr, kat
      • English: quatre (borrowing)
      • Guianese Creole: katr, kat
      • Karipúna Creole French: kat
      • Louisiana Creole French: kat
      • Seychellois Creole: kat
      • Tayo: katr
  • Norman: quate (continental), quatre (Guernsey), quat' (Jersey)
  • Picard: quate
  • Walloon: cwate