quatre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quatre
Borrowed into English from French around 1540–50
Example Sentences
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From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2019
I suggested that we make up for the Esalen shortfall by staging our own Golden Gate Park be-in, à quatre.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2015
You see the same mad inventiveness in the show's climax, which consists of the famous pas de quatre from Swan Lake and is dazzlingly executed while threatening to turn into a life-endangering marathon.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2012
The material for the children in the same waltz has real charm; the Act III pas de quatre has high-level virtuosity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2011
We played à quatre mains, and soon she made me accompany her when she sang.
From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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