ecarte
US/e.kʌɹˈte/
ecarte noun: a card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.
Noun
ecarte (uncountable)
- A card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.
- Mortimer had stayed to dinner, and he and the baronet played ecarte afterwards. - A. Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
- This invitation Lady Rotheles gave; and Lady Anne accepted, with reluctant civility; still, a pleasing and elegant looking woman like herself, fond of ecarté, which she played with great skill, whose daughters were both pretty and musical, rarely found herself at a loss what to do with her autumn.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 55
Forms of ecarte
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Origin of ecarte
From French écarté.
Questions about ecarte
- What does ecarte mean?
- Ecarte means a card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.
- What part of speech is ecarte?
- Ecarte is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ecarte?
- Ecarte is pronounced /e.kʌɹˈte/ (US).
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