quatorze, n.m. and adj., fourteen, fourteenth.
quatorzième, n.m.f. and adj., fourteenth, fourteenth day.
quatorzièmement, adv., fourteenthly.
quatrain, n.m., quatrain.
quatre, adj., four, fourth. Un de ces — matins; one of these fine days. Marcher à — pattes; to go upon all fours. Être tiré à — épingles; to look as if one had just come out of a bandbox. — à —; four to four, four abreast; four steps at a time, in great haste, at a furious rate; (in games) four all.
quatre, n.m., four; fourth. Se mettre en — pour quelqu’un; to go through fire for any one. Crier comme —; to cry out lustily. Faire le diable à —; to kick up a terrible shindy; to exert one’s self to the utmost. On le tenait à —; it needed four men to hold him. Je me tenais à — pour ne pas ...; it was as much as I could do not to ... Travailler comme —; to work like a nigger.
quatre-temps, n.m.pl., Ember-days.
quatre-vingtième, n.m.f. and adj., eightieth.
quatre-vingts, adj., eighty. — millions; eighty millions. Ils étaient —; there were eighty of them. Quatre-vingt-un; eighty-one. Quatre-vingt-dix; ninety. Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf; ninety-nine. [Quatre-vingts takes no s when it precedes another number. It likewise takes no s when used in dates of the Christian era: L’an mil sept cent quatre-vingt; the year 1780.]