qua|torze

qua|torze
qua|torze «kuh TAWRZ», noun.
4 aces, kings, queens, or jacks, counting for 14 points in piquet.
[< French quatorze fourteen < Latin quattuordecim]

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  • Louis Qua|torze — «ka TRZ», the French title of Louis XIV of France, used to designate the styles in architecture, furniture, decorative art, and the like, characteristic of his reign (1643 1715) or of approximately that period …   Useful english dictionary

  • torze — qua·torze; …   English syllables

  • qua — ad·e·qua·cy; ad·e·qua·tion; ad·e·qua·tive; ana·qua; an·ti·qua·tion; chau·tau·qua; chin·qua·pin; col·li·qua·tion; des·qua·mate; des·qua·ma·tive; des·qua·ma·to·ry; eli·qua·tion; ex·e·qua·tur; kwal·hi·o·qua; li·qua·tion; lo·qua·cious;… …   English syllables

  • quatorze — qua·torze …   English syllables

  • Louis-quatorze — Lou|is qua|torze [lu̯ika tɔrs ], das; [aus frz. Louis = Ludwig u. quatorze = vierzehn] (Kunstwiss.): französischer [Barock]stil zur Zeit Ludwigs XIV. (1638–1715). Dazu: Louis qua|torze Kom|mo|de, die; Louis qua|torze Mö|bel, das <meist Pl.> …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Louis-quatorze-Möbel — Lou|is qua|torze [lu̯ika tɔrs ], das; [aus frz. Louis = Ludwig u. quatorze = vierzehn] (Kunstwiss.): französischer [Barock]stil zur Zeit Ludwigs XIV. (1638–1715). Dazu: Louis qua|torze Kom|mo|de, die; Louis qua|torze Mö|bel, das <meist Pl.> …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Louis-quatorze-Kommode — Lou|is qua|torze [lu̯ika tɔrs ], das; [aus frz. Louis = Ludwig u. quatorze = vierzehn] (Kunstwiss.): französischer [Barock]stil zur Zeit Ludwigs XIV. (1638–1715). Dazu: Louis qua|torze Kom|mo|de, die; Louis qua|torze Mö|bel, das <meist Pl.> …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Louis quatorze — Lou is qua*torze (l[=oo] [i^] k[.a]*t[^o]rz ) n. [F., Louis fourteenth.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France; as, Louis quatorze architecture. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quatorze — Qua*torze , n. [F. quatorze fourteen, L. quattuordecim. See {Fourteen}.] The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • LouisQuatorze — Louis Qua·torze (kă tôrzʹ) adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the baroque style in architecture, furniture, and decoration of the reign of Louis XIV.   [French.] * * * …   Universalium

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