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chemin de fer

UK/ʃəˌmæ̃ də ˈfɛə/

chemin de fer noun: a card game, a variation of baccarat.

Noun

chemin de fer (uncountable)

  1. A card game, a variation of baccarat.
    • Bond had spent the last two afternoons and most of the nights at the Casino, playing complicated progression systems on the even chances at roulette. He made a high banco at chemin-de-fer whenever he heard one offered.1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 4, in Casino Royale, page 23
    • The person who left at 1:00 is either Alice or the woman who played chemin de fer (9), so in either case she is a woman.2005, Mark Zegarelli, Poker Logic Puzzles, →ISBN, page 73

Forms of chemin de fer

alternative formchemin-de-fer

Origin of chemin de fer

Borrowed from French chemin de fer (literally “railway”), from being a faster variant of baccarat.

Words formed from chemin de fer

Questions about chemin de fer

What does chemin de fer mean?
Chemin de fer means a card game, a variation of baccarat.
What part of speech is chemin de fer?
Chemin de fer is a noun.
How do you pronounce chemin de fer?
Chemin de fer is pronounced /ʃəˌmæ̃ də ˈfɛə/ (UK).

Words near chemin de fer in the dictionary

  1. chemiluminometer
  2. chemiluminometers
  3. chemiluminometric
  4. chemiluminometry
  5. CheMin
  6. chemin de fer
  7. chemin de ronde
  8. chemin-de-fer
  9. Cheminar
  10. cheminformatic
  11. cheminformatics

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