partie carrée
/ˌpɑːti ˈkareɪ/(also parti carré, partie carré, partie carree)
noun
A party of four people, especially one comprising two men and two women.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Southerne (1660–1746), playwright. From French partie carrée group of four people or two couples, especially if involved in a love-relationship from partie + quarrée, now chiefly carrée, feminine of past participle of quarrer, carrer to square.
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