quatre

• “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 . . .”

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• “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").”

  The Guardian: Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos

• “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.”

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• “Formerly the [v. 03 p. 0134] four was called "quatre”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"

• “The shape of the field to be decorated being a kind of quatre-foil, as shown in _fig. _ 13, four small figures are placed, one in each foil, and two larger ones in the center.”

  Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853

• “In the film, housewares wholesaler Michael John C. Reilly says he believes in the god of carnage, but minus god, the film version still stays close to the stage play's tropes: a pas de quatre, two couples attempting to find a just resolution for the playground assault of one 11-year old child on his classmate.”

  The Huffington Post: Regina Weinreich: Roman Polanski's Carnage Opens the New York Film Festival: Where Is God?

• “Great story, Kristin, that I can relate to as ma belle-mère is quatre-vingts-sept and VERY unsteady on her feet.”

  troisième age - French Word-A-Day

• “Toutes les maisons de la rue du quartier ont la même architecture: un escalier latéral de quatre ou cinq marches fait accéder à un petit perron devant la porte d'entrée.”

  Tante Marie-Francoise

• “In Les quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) (1959), there is a remarkable fairground scene where the young Antoine Doinel, playing truant from school, climbs into the Rotor, a huge spinning drum.”

  The Guardian: Truffaut: growing backwards into childhood

• “Although Doinel is a thief and truant, no viewer of Les quatre cents coups could believe that he deserves his fate; his stoic endurance, his shrug at the unfairness of life win us over.”

  The Guardian: Truffaut: growing backwards into childhood

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