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
Conversations With Friends asks whether it is possible to sustain authentic connections to people in the presence of flawed, overarching structures: capitalism, patriarchy, a devilish ménage à quatre.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2017
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
It began to look as if we'd all march right off the cliff just to satisfy their pride and mine, but a French lieutenant came to the rescue with 'a gauche en quatre!'
From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood
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