quatre

American  

[kah-ter, ka-tr^uh] / ˈkɑ tər, ˈka trə /

noun

1. the four at cards, dice, or the like.

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quatre British  

/ katrə, ˈkætrə /

noun

1. a playing card with four pips

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Etymology

Origin of quatre

Borrowed into English from French around 1540–50

Example Sentences

“Qui incarne le mieux Paris qu’Invader?” interroge Nicolas Laugero Lasserre, spécialiste en art urbain et l’un des quatre commissaires de l’exposition à l’Hôtel de Ville.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

Get full access to our journalism for just 99 cents for the first quatre semaines.

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

II y à quatre ans, lorsque l'Académie donna à l'auteur de 'Mireille' le prix de trois mille francs.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow