quatorze

[ kuh-tawrz; French ka-tawrz ]

/ kəˈtɔrz; French kaˈtɔrz /

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.

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Origin of quatorze

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

Words nearby quatorze

quaternary structure, quaternate, quaternion, quaternity, quathlamba, quatorze, quatrain, quatre, quatre bras, quatrefoil, quattrocento

Example sentences from the Web for quatorze

"But I had a quatorze, and took the fishes," replied Des Meloises.
The Golden Dog|William Kirby
The Quatorze of peace days was fun to the spectators but a corve for the soldiers who marched.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
Longchamp on the Quatorze was the assurance that the job of protecting France was being well looked after.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
The dear old custom of the night of the Quatorze was revived.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons

It was lively reading, especially coming so soon after my first quatorze de juillet in the country.
A Hilltop on the Marne|Mildred Aldrich