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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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roulette
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French roulette (“roulette, little wheel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u??l?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
roulette (countable and uncountable, plural roulettes)
- (uncountable) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
- (uncountable, figuratively) An instance of risk-taking, especially when the downside exceeds the upside (contrary to the game of roulette where only the wager is lost).
- 2020 November 2, Adam Finn quoted by Alessandra Scotto Di Santolo in Daily Express[1]:
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- 2020 November 2, Adam Finn quoted by Alessandra Scotto Di Santolo in Daily Express[1]:
- (countable) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
- (countable) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
- (countable, geometry) The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.
- (philately) Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.
- A cylindrical curler for the hair.
Derived terms
Related terms
- roll
Translations
Verb
roulette (third-person singular simple present roulettes, present participle rouletting, simple past and past participle rouletted)
- To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.
- to roulette a sheet of postage stamps
See also
- cycloid
- epicycloid
- hypocycloid
- Wikipedia article on roulette, the game
- Wikipedia article on roulettes in geometry
French
Etymology
rouler +? -ette
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u.l?t/
Noun
roulette f (plural roulettes)
- small wheel
- caster, castor
- (geometry, archaic) cycloid
- roulette (game)
- roulette wheel
- (engraving) roulette
- roller
- (dentistry) dentist drill
- pastry roller
Synonyms
- rouette
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- WordReference, roulette
Further reading
- “roulette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French roulette.
Noun
roulette f (invariable)
- roulette (game of chance)
Derived terms
- roulette russa (“Russian roulette”)
Anagrams
- tutelerò
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