four
Meaning
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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
iv
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɔː/
Etymology
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).
Cognate with Western Frisian
fjouwer
Cognate with Dutch
vier
Cognate with German
vier
Cognate with Spanish
cuatro
Cognate with French
quatre
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