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pinochle

US/ˈpiˌnʌk.l̩/

pinochle noun: a card game, similar to bezique.

Noun

pinochle (countable and uncountable, plural pinochles)

  1. A card game, similar to bezique.
    • He remembered all—every pinochle game, every woman, every sad night.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC
  2. A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game.

Forms of pinochle

pluralpinochles
alternative formpeaknuckle
alternative formpea-knuckle
alternative formpenuchle
alternative formpenuckle
alternative formpinocle

Origin of pinochle

Perhaps from Austro-Bavarian pronunciation of German Binokel (where b>p change is common) , French binocle (literally “pince-nez”), a related card game.

Words formed from pinochle

Questions about pinochle

What does pinochle mean?
Pinochle means a card game, similar to bezique.
What part of speech is pinochle?
Pinochle is a noun.
How do you pronounce pinochle?
Pinochle is pronounced /ˈpiˌnʌk.l̩/ (US).
What is the plural of pinochle?
The plural of pinochle is pinochles.

Words near pinochle in the dictionary

  1. Pinocchios
  2. pinocembrin
  3. pinocembrine
  4. Pinochet
  5. Pinochetism
  6. pinochle
  7. pinochle rummy
  8. pinochles
  9. pinocle
  10. pinocyte
  11. pinocytes

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