belote
See also: Belote
English
Alternative forms
- belotte
Etymology
Borrowed from French belote.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈlɒt/
Noun
belote (uncountable)
- A trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 471:
- 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, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 471:
Translations
card game
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See also
- bridge
- manille
- klaverjas
- belote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- bolete
French
Etymology
From the name of F Belot, ‘a Frenchman who perfected the game’ (OED).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bə.lɔt/
Audio (file)
Noun
belote f (plural belotes)
- (uncountable) belote
- (countable) king and queen of the trump suit, in the game belote
Descendants
- → Armenian: բլոտ (blot)
- → Polish: belotka
See also
- belote on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Further reading
- “belote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.