quatre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quatre
Borrowed into English from French around 1540–50
Example Sentences
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This season, the Act 2 pas de quatre, a speedy and demanding divertissement for three women and one man, was cut to help streamline the ballet.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
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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
Nancy, go in and play—at any table you like—the quatre premiers and quatre en plein.
From The Devourers by Annie Vivanti Chartres
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