quatorze
Americannoun
plural
quatorzesEtymology
Origin of quatorze
1695–1705; < French: fourteen < Latin quattuordecim, equivalent to quattuor four + -decim, combining form of decem ten
Example Sentences
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The men who devise the Tour de France course made the curious decision to use this year's quatorze juillet to showcase some of the least appealing aspects of the French countryside.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2012
The biggest casualty was Edgar Degas’ bronze sculpture of a teenage ballerina, “Petite danseuse de quatorze ans,” estimated to bring as much as $35 million.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 2, 2011
Purpose: to help the patois-speakers to celebrate le quatorze Juillet, the French Day of Independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
The jargon of their preoccupation, "A point of six; yes, to the ace; paid; and a quatorze, kings," was the only sound until Fanny rose, decidedly.
From Cytherea by Hergesheimer, Joseph
La Prinse du Comte de Montgommery dedans le Chasteau de Donfron ... le Jeudy xxvii. de May, mil cinq cens soixante et quatorze.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
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