four

Signification (English)

Num

1. A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
2. Describing a set or group with four elements.

Noun

1. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
2. Anything measuring four units, as length.
3. Four o'clock.
4. A person who is four years old.
5. An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
6. A power forward.
7. Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
8. Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
9. (colloquial) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
10. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.

Concepts

quatre

4

10

quatuor

Quaternion

quaternions

groupe de quatre

quaternion

quat’

quatrième

4th

quatre

4

Synonyms

fourth

4th

4

quaternion

quatern

quadruplet

Little Joe

number four

tetrad

four-spot

IV

quaternity

quadri-

quaternary

fore

foursome

four times

iv

quad

quartet

and

several

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɔː/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: four

Inherited from ancien anglais: fēower

Cognate with écossais: fower

Cognate with saterlandais: fjauer

Cognate with frison occidental: fjouwer

Cognate with néerlandais: vier

Cognate with allemand: vier

Cognate with norvégien bokmål: -

Cognate with danois: fire

Cognate with suédois: fyra

Cognate with gotique: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂

Cognate with latin: quattuor

Cognate with espagnol: cuatro

Cognate with français: quatre

Cognate with grec ancien: τέσσαρες

Cognate with irlandais: ceathair

Cognate with arménien: չորս

Cognate with lituanien: keturi

Cognate with albanais: katër

Cognate with sanskrit: चतुर्

In summary

From Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Doublet of cuatro and quatre.
Cognates include Scots fower, Saterland Frisian fjauer, West Frisian fjouwer, Dutch vier, German Low German veer, German vier, Norwegian Bokmål and Danish fire, Swedish fyra, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) and, more distantly, Latin quattuor (whence Spanish cuatro, French quatre), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), Irish ceathair, Armenian չորս (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Albanian katër, Sanskrit चतुर् (catur).

Phrases

The couple had four children , three sons and one daughter .

Le couple a eu quatre enfants, trois fils et une fille.

They finished fourth out of four teams .

Ils ont terminé quatrième sur quatre équipes.

Another four contain framed text .

Les quatre autres contiennent du texte encadré.

Four sailors died instantly and another two were lost overboard .

Quatre marins sont morts instantanément et deux autres ont été perdus par-dessus bord.

He was survived by his wife Grania and four children .

Il a survécu par son épouse Grania et quatre enfants.

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .

À l'âge de quatre semaines, sa famille a déménagé à Vienne, en Autriche.

By observing these subjects , Johnson helped Masters identify the four stages of sexual response .

En observant ces sujets, Johnson a aidé Masters à identifier les quatre étapes de la réponse sexuelle.

The province is divided into four cantons .

La province est divisée en quatre cantons.