quatuor

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quatuor (commonly spelled quattuor).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwa.tɥɔʁ/

Noun

quatuor m (plural quatuors)

(music) quartet (composition)
(music) quartet (group of musicians)
(sexuality) foursome

Further reading

“quatuor” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Numeral

quātuor (indeclinable)

medieval spelling of quattuor

References

quatuor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
quatuor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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