quatorze

[kuh-tawrz; French ka-tawrz]

noun, plural qua·torz·es [kuh-tawr-ziz; French ka-tawrz] /kəˈtɔr zɪz; French kaˈtɔrz/. Piquet.

a set of four cards of the same denomination, aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, scoring 14 points.

Origin of quatorze

1695–1705; < French: fourteen < Latin quattuordecim, equivalent to quattuor four + -decim, combining form of decem ten

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Historical Examples of quatorze

"But I had a quatorze, and took the fishes," replied Des Meloises.
The Golden Dog
William Kirby
Never have I loved Paris more than on the Quatorze of testing.
Paris Vistas
Helen Davenport Gibbons
Had they not blazed the way for those who would march on the Quatorze of victory?
Paris Vistas
Helen Davenport Gibbons
The dear old custom of the night of the Quatorze was revived.
Paris Vistas
Helen Davenport Gibbons
I can put it on as an actor on the stage wears a chapeau of the Quatorze time.
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX.
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Word Origin and History for quatorze

Quatorze

in French terms, "fourteen," from French quatorze, from Latin quatuordecim (source also of Italian quattordici), from quatuor "four" (see four) + -decim (see -teen).