four
Mane (English)
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- A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
- Describing a set or group with four elements.
Synonyms
Little Joe
four-spot
four times
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Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/fɔː/
Etîmolojî (English)
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).
Vê nîşan bike
Bilêvkirina xwe baştir bike
Vê peyvê binivîse
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