piquet
/pɪˈkɛt/
piquet noun: a game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside. Also the archaic form of picket.
Noun
piquet (uncountable)
- A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
- Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface.1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii
- The two wedding parties met constantly in each other's apartments. After two or three nights the gentlemen of an evening had a little piquet, as their wives sate and chatted apart.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 22, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Piquet
Piquet (plural Piquets)
- A surname from French.
Also used as
piquet is also the archaic form of picket.
Forms of piquet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | picquet |
| alternative form | picket |
| plural | piquets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | piquets |
| present participle | piqueting |
| past participle | piqueted |
| past | piqueted |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Piquets |
Origin of piquet
From French piquet.
From French Piquet.
Words that rhyme with piquet
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- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about piquet
- What does piquet mean?
- Piquet means a game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
- What part of speech is piquet?
- Piquet can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce piquet?
- Piquet is pronounced /pɪˈkɛt/.
- What is the plural of piquet?
- The plural of piquet is piquets.
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