quattuor
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr (*t duplicated preceding *-w-), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, neuter plural of *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), Old Armenian չորք (čʿorkʿ), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), and Old Englishfēower (English four).
The change of *e to a is unexplained; the expected form would be *quettuor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷat.tu.or/, [ˈkʷät̪ːuɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwat.tu.or/, [ˈkwät̪ːuor]
Numeral
quattuor (indeclinable)
- four; 4 [ quotations ▼]