quatorze [kuh-tawrz; French ka-tawrz] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural qua·torz·es [kuh-tawr-ziz; French ka-tawrz] /kəˈtɔr zɪz; French kaˈtɔrz/. Piquet.
- a set of four cards of the same denomination, aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, scoring 14 points.
Origin of quatorze 1695–1705; French: fourteen Latin quattuordecim, equivalent to quattuor four + -decim, combining form of decem ten Examples from the Web for quatorze Historical Examples of quatorze
“But I had a quatorze, and took the fishes,” replied Des Meloises.
William Kirby
Never have I loved Paris more than on the Quatorze of testing.
Helen Davenport Gibbons
Had they not blazed the way for those who would march on the Quatorze of victory?
Helen Davenport Gibbons
The dear old custom of the night of the Quatorze was revived.
Helen Davenport Gibbons
I can put it on as an actor on the stage wears a chapeau of the Quatorze time.
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX.
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Word Origin and History for quatorze Quatorze
in French terms, “fourteen,” from French quatorze, from Latin quatuordecim (source also of Italian quattordici), from quatuor “four” (see four) + -decim (see -teen).