quatre

[ kah-ter; French ka-truh ]

/ ˈkɑ tər; French ˈka trə /

noun

the four at cards, dice, or the like.

Nearby words

quaternion, quaternity, quathlamba, quatorze, quatrain, quatre, quatre bras, quatrefoil, quattrocento, quattuordecillion, quaver

Origin of quatre

Borrowed into English from French around 1540–50

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Examples from the Web for quatre

Une aultre petite table, la mode d'Espaigne, qui se ouvre et clot, quatre blassons aux armes de Bourgogne et d'Espaigne.
The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria|Eleanor E. Tremayne
At the Quatre Voies, fighting for your honour against a drove of northern oxen.
The House of Walderne|A. D. Crake
Segur's "Quatre Ages de la Vie" never marked out mankind like the half-hour trains.
Nuts and Nutcrackers|Charles James Lever
They came up with us at Quatre Bras, and fell upon our equipage.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II|Fleury de Chaboulon.

He then again betook himself to the Quatre Évêques, and sat down to his frugal dinner, with its crowning glory of stewed prunes.
The Revolt of the Angels|Anatole France

British Dictionary definitions for quatre

quatre

/ (ˈkætrə, French katrə) /

noun

a playing card with four pips

Word Origin for quatre

French: four

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