quatre

== English == === Alternative forms === cater === Etymology === Borrowed from French quatre. Doublet of cuatro and four. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkætə(ɹ)/ === Noun === quatre (plural quatres) (archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips. ==== Related terms ==== ace, deuce, trey, cinque, sice === See also === === Anagrams === aquert, quarte == Aragonese == === Etymology === Akin to Spanish cuatro, from Latin quattuor. === Numeral === quatre four == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Occitan quatre, French quatre, and Spanish cuatro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈkwa.tɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkwa.tɾe] Rhymes: -atɾe === Numeral === quatre m or f (cardinal number) four a few quatre gats ― only a few people (literally, “four cats”) ==== Derived terms ==== quatre gats (“only a few people”, literally “four cats”) dir quatre coses (“to tell off”, literally “to tell four things”) fer quatre ratlles (“to write a short text”, literally “to make four lines”) === Noun === quatre m (plural quatres) four (castells) a castell with four castellers per level === References === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quatre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French quatre, qatre, catre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Compare Catalan quatre, Italian quattro, Portuguese quatro, Spanish cuatro. === Pronunciation === (alone or preceding a vowel) IPA(key): /katʁ/ (preceding a consonant) IPA(key): /ka.tʁə/, (colloquial) /kat/ === Numeral === quatre (invariable) four ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === See also === === Further reading === “quatre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === traque, traqué == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.trə/ === Numeral === quatre (invariable) four (4) ==== Descendants ==== French: quatre (see there for further descendants) == Norman == === Alternative forms === quat' (Jersey) quate (continental Norman) === Etymology === From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. === Numeral === quatre (Guernsey) four == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan quatre, catre, from Latin quattuor. Cognates include Catalan quatre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.tɾe/ Hyphenation: qua‧tre === Numeral === quatre four ==== Related terms ==== quaranta quart quatren == Old French == === Alternative forms === catre, qatre === Etymology === From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈk(w)atɾə/ === Numeral === quatre four ==== Descendants ==== Champenois: caitre, quaitre Franc-Comtois: quaitre Middle French: quatreFrench: quatre (see there for further descendants) Norman: quate (continental), quatre (Guernsey), quat' (Jersey) Picard: quate Walloon: cwate