Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUATORZE
Qua *torze ", n. Etym: [F. quatorze fourteen, L. quattuordecim. See Fourteen. ]
Defn: The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quatorze
qua torze |kəˈtôrz kəˈtɔrz | ▶noun (in piquet ) a set of four aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens held in one hand. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: French, literally ‘fourteen, ’ from Latin quattuordecim.
Oxford Dictionary
quatorze
quatorze |kəˈtɔːz | ▶noun (in piquet ) a set of four aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens held in one hand. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: French, literally ‘fourteen ’, from Latin quattuordecim.
French Dictionary
quatorze
quatorze adj. num. inv. et n. m. inv. adjectif numéral cardinal invariable Treize plus un. : Quatorze heures. adjectif numéral ordinal invariable Quatorzième. : Le quatorze décembre. nom masculin invariable Nombre quatorze. : Des quatorze dorés.
The Wordsmith Dictionary