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baccarat
English
Alternative forms
- baccara
Etymology
Borrowed from French baccarat, baccara [19th c.], likely named after the French town Baccarat (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately unclear and debated origin [1291?]. If by some Vulgar Latin *Bacchara, the town is possibly named from Latin Bacchi ara ("altar of Bacchus"; the original pagan reference of the name was forgotten), name of an ancient Roman castellum, of which there remains a relic called the "Tower of Bacha" on the heights of Deneuvre, from whence Baccarat is an ancient suburb. Other hypotheses have also been suggested, including descent from Celtic.
Probably linked to Provençal baccara, although if the town etymology is correct, this may present some geographic difficulty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæk????/, /?b??k????/, /b??k??r??/
- (colloquial, proscribed) enPR: b?k'?-r?t, IPA(key): /?bæk??æt/
Noun
baccarat (uncountable)
- (card games) A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.
Usage notes
By far, the most common style played is punto banco, where the closest total value to 9 between a pair of cards by "Player" or "Banker" wins.
Translations
See also
- blackjack
- pontoon
- twenty-one
- baccarat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Noun
baccarat m (plural baccarats)
- Alternative form of baccara
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pontoon
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?n?tu?n/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French ponton, from Latin pont?, pont?nem (“ferryboat”), from p?ns (“bridge”).
Noun
pontoon (plural pontoons)
- (military) A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
- A floating structure supporting a bridge or dock.
- Synonym: pontoon bridge
- A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
- A float of a seaplane.
- A lighter or barge used for loading or unloading ships.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from vingt-un, an obsolete variant of vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”), from French.
Noun
pontoon (uncountable)
- (card games) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to, or nearly to, 21 but not exceed it.
- Synonym: vingt-et-un
See also
- baccarat
- blackjack
- twenty-one
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