Definition of "quatre" []

• A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips. (noun)

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• "QuadrilleI am struck by the preponderance of Latin roots for many English q-words that emanate from quad (4), or at least to the concept of dividing into four parts: quatrefoil (in French, quatre–4– and feuille, leaf), quadrille (a card game or square dance...or graph paper), quadrilateral . . ."
• "In French, there's a leftover from a different system, in which counting occurred in 20s, which is why 80 is described as quatre-vingt ( "four twenties")."
• "Of course, the mystery is no mystery: it results from the inclusion of a mixture of spices (sometimes called quatre épices, or four spices, though there may be three or five) and brandy."