QUATRE BRAS

Meaning of QUATRE BRAS in English

/kah"treuh brah"/ ; Fr. /kann trddeu brddah"/

a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.

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BRAS — plural of bra
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QUATRE — (n.) A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips
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QUATRE — ( n. ) A card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUATRE — /kah"teuhr/ ; Fr. /kann"trddeu/ , n. the four at cards, dice, or the like. [ 1540-50; ]
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QUATRE — noun a card, die. or domino, having four spots, or pips.
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BRAS — Bras
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BRAS — Bras
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PORT DE BRAS — noun Etymology: French, literally, carriage of the arm Date: 1912 the technique and practice of arm movement in ballet
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PAS DE QUATRE — noun (plural ~) Etymology: French, literally, step for four Date: 1846 a dance or figure for four performers
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BRAS D'OR LAKE — Salt lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located on Cape Breton Island , it is about 50 mi (80 km) long and …
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CHAPEAU BRAS — (ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈbrä noun ( plural cha·peaux bras -ō(z)ˈb-) Etymology: French chapeau hat + bras arm, from Latin bracchium — more at …
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À QUATRE MAINS — ȧkatrəmaⁿ adjective Etymology: French, literally, for four hands : to be played as a duet at one keyboard — used …
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PAS DE QUATRE — noun ( plural pas de quatre same ) Etymology: French, literally, step for four Date: 1846 : a dance or …
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PORT DE BRAS — [ ˌpɔ: də'brα: ] ■ noun ( plural ports de bras pronunciation same) chiefly Ballet an act or manner of …
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PORT DE BRAS — [port de bras] n [F, lit., carriage of the arm] (1912): the technique and practice of arm movement in ballet
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PAS DE QUATRE — [pas de qua.tre] n, pl pas de quatre [F, lit., step for four] (1884): a dance or figure for four …
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PORT DE BRAS — (French: "carriage of the arms"), in classical ballet, both the general arm movements of a dancer and a designated set …
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QUATRE BORNES — town (township) on the island of Mauritius, in the western Indian Ocean. It lies in the western highlands region of …
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BRAS D'OR LAKE — saltwater tidal body of water situated in the centre of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Can., in the northeastern part …
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CHAPEAU-BRAS — n. (pl. chapeaux-bras pronunc. same) a three-cornered flat silk hat often carried under the arm. [F f. chapeau hat + …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHAPEAU-BRAS — n. (pl. chapeaux-bras pronunc. same) a three-cornered flat silk hat often carried under the arm. Etymology: F f. chapeau hat …
Oxford English vocab
BRAS D'OR LAKE — Salt lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located on Cape Breton Island , it is about 50 mi (80 km) long and …
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BRUSH — bras;igngusngus
English-Visayan vocabulary
VERTEBRA — noun (plural ~e or -bras) Etymology: Latin, joint, ~, from vertere to turn Date: 1578 one of the bony or …
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QUATREFOIL — noun Etymology: Middle English quaterfoil set of four leaves, from Anglo-French quatre + Middle English -foil (as in trefoil) Date: …
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QUATRAIN — noun Etymology: Middle French, from quatre four, from Latin quattuor Date: 1585 a unit or group of four lines of …
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PENUMBRA — noun (plural ~e or -bras) see: umbrage Date: 1666 1. a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between …
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BRASS — noun Etymology: Middle English bras, from Old English bræs; akin to Middle Low German bras metal Date: before 12th century …
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WATERLOO, BATTLE OF — (June 18, 1815) Final defeat of Napoleon and French forces in the Napoleonic Wars . The battle was fought near …
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CATER — I. cater noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English catour, short for acatour, from Anglo-French, from acater to buy — …
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BRASS — I. ˈbras, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English bras, from Old English bræs; akin to Old …
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QUATREFOIL — ˈkad.ə(r)ˌfȯil, ˈka.trəˌf- noun Etymology: Middle English quaterfoil set of four leaves, from Middle French quatre four + Middle English -foil …
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QUATRAIN — ˈkwä.ˌtrān also ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ sometimes ˈkwä.trə̇n or kwə.ˈtrān or with ȯ for ä noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Middle …
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GARDEBRAS — |gärdə|brä noun ( plural gardebras -rä(z)) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Middle French garde-bras ) of Middle English garbrasse, modification of …
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CATERS — noun plural but usually singular in construction or qua·ters ˈkād.ə(r)z, -ad.- Etymology: probably from French quatre four — more at …
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SUBSTRATUM — — substrative, substratal , adj. /sub"stray'teuhm, -strat'euhm, sub stray"teuhm, -strat"euhm/ , n. , pl. substrata /-stray'teuh, -strat'euh, -stray"teuh, -strat"euh/ , …
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QUATREFOIL — — quatrefoiled , adj. /kat"euhr foyl', ka"treuh-/ , n. 1. a leaf composed of four leaflets. 2. Archit. a panellike …
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QUATRAIN
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CATER-CORNERED — /kat"i kawr'neuhrd, kat"ee-, kat"euhr-/ , adj. 1. diagonal. adv. 2. diagonally. Also, catercorner, cater-corner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered . [ …
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BRASSY — brassy 1 — brassily , adv. — brassiness , n. /bras"ee, brah"see/ , adj., brassier, brassiest . 1. made of …
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BRASSARD — /bras"ahrd, breuh sahrd"/ , n. 1. a decorative cloth band, often braided or tasseled, worn around the upper arm, as …
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BRASS — — brassish , adj. /bras, brahs/ , n. 1. any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc. …
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QUATREFOIL — noun Etymology: Middle English quaterfoil set of four leaves, from Anglo-French quatre + Middle English -foil (as in trefoil ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUATRAIN — noun Etymology: Middle French, from quatre four, from Latin quattuor Date: 1585 : a unit or group of four lines …
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BRASS — noun Etymology: Middle English bras, from Old English bræs; akin to Middle Low German bras metal Date: before 12th century …
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QUATREFOIL — [ 'katrəfɔɪl ] ■ noun an ornamental design of four lobes or leaves, resembling a flower or clover leaf. Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
QUATRAIN — [ 'kwɒtreɪn ] ■ noun a stanza of four lines, typically with alternate rhymes. Origin C16: from Fr., from quatre …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CATER-CORNERED — [ 'keɪtəˌkɔ:nəd ] (also cater-corner , catty-cornered , kitty-corner ) ■ adjective & adverb N. Amer. situated diagonally opposite. Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
QUATREFOIL — [qua.tre.foil] n [ME quaterfoil set of four leaves, fr. MF quatre + ME -foil (as in trefoil)] (15c) 1: a …
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BRASSIERE
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BRASS — [brass] n [ME bras, fr. OE braes; akin to MLG bras metal] (bef. 12c) 1: an alloy consisting essentially of …
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ENTRECHAT — (probably from Italian intrecciare: to weave, or to braid), jump in ballet, beginning in the fifth position, during which the …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: LITERATURE
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RONSARD, PIERRE DE — born , Sept. 11, 1524, La Possonnire, near Couture, Fr. died Dec. 27, 1585, Saint-Cosme, near Tours poet, chief among …
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PERROT, JULES (JOSEPH)
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PAGLIERO, MARCELLO — born Jan. 15, 1907, London, Eng. died Oct. 18, 1980, Paris, France Italian motion picture director, screenwriter, and actor who …
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MARSEILLAISE, LA — French national anthem, composed in one night during the French Revolution (April 24, 1792) by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a …
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DGE-LUGS-PA — also spelled Gelukpa (Tibetan: Model of Virtue), also called Yellow Hat Sect, since the 17th century, the predominant Buddhist order …
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ALAIN — born March 3, 1868, Mortagne, Fr. died June 2, 1951, Le Vsinet, near Paris pseudonym of mile-auguste Chartier French philosopher …
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VAMBRACE — n. hist. defensive armour for the forearm. [ME f. AF vaunt-bras, OF avant-bras f. avant before (see AVAUNT) + bras …
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VAMBRACE — n. hist. defensive armour for the forearm. [ ME f. AF vaunt-bras, OF avant-bras f. avant before (see AVAUNT) + …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHAPEAUBRAS — n. (pl. chapeaux-bras pronunc. same) a three-cornered flat silk hat often carried under the arm. [ F f. chapeau hat …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VAMBRACE — n. hist. defensive armour for the forearm. Etymology: ME f. AF vaunt-bras, OF avant-bras f. avant before (see AVAUNT) + …
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