quatorze









quatorze


quatorze [kuh-tawrz; French ka-tawrz] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural qua·torz·es [kuh-tawr-ziz; French ka-tawrz] /kəˈtɔr zɪz; French kaˈtɔrz/. Piquet.

  1. 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.

    The Golden Dog

    William Kirby

  • Never have I loved Paris more than on the Quatorze of testing.

    Paris Vistas

    Helen Davenport Gibbons

  • Had they not blazed the way for those who would march on the Quatorze of victory?

    Paris Vistas

    Helen Davenport Gibbons

  • The dear old custom of the night of the Quatorze was revived.

    Paris Vistas

    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).

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