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backgammon
English
Etymology
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?b?kg?m?n, IPA(key): /?bæk.?æm.?n/
Noun
backgammon (countable and uncountable, plural backgammons)
- A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
- (backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
Related terms
- gammon
Translations
See also
- tick-tack
- tric-trac, trick-track
Verb
backgammon (third-person singular simple present backgammons, present participle backgammoning, simple past and past participle backgammoned)
- To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
Further reading
- backgammon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from English backgammon.
Noun
backgammon m (uncountable)
- backgammon (board game)
Finnish
Etymology
From English backgammon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæk??m(?)on/, [?bæk??m(?)o?n]
- Syllabification: back?gam?mon
Noun
backgammon
- backgammon
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English backgammon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bak.?a.m?n/
Noun
backgammon m (uncountable)
- backgammon
See also
- trictrac
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English backgammon.
Noun
backgammon m (uncountable)
- backgammon
- Synonyms: tric trac, tavola reale
Spanish
Noun
backgammon m (uncountable)
- backgammon
- Synonyms: chanchullo, chaquete, tablas reales
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tableman
English
Etymology
table +? -man
Noun
tableman (plural tablemen)
- (rare) Any of the pieces used to play the game of tables, backgammon or draughts.
- (rare) A person sitting at the same table.
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