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belote

UK/bəˈlɒt/

belote noun: a trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.

Noun

belote (uncountable)

  1. A trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.
    • At the Sphinx where he went rather sedately to play belotte and drink (with a timid air) an absinthe, which he hated, he had met a charming friend of his new wife [...].1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 471

Proper noun capitalized: Belote

Belote (plural Belotes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of belote

Noun
alternative formbelotte
Proper noun
pluralBelotes

Origin of belote

Borrowed from French belote.

Questions about belote

What does belote mean?
Belote means a trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.
What part of speech is belote?
Belote can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce belote?
Belote is pronounced /bəˈlɒt/ (UK).

Words near belote in the dictionary

  1. belosaepiids
  2. belostomatid
  3. belostomatids
  4. belostomatine
  5. belostomid
  6. belote
  7. belotecan
  8. Belotes
  9. belotte
  10. belouga
  11. belougas

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