different between backgammon vs tables

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)

1. 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.
2. (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)

1. 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)

1. backgammon (board game)

Finnish

Etymology

From English backgammon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk??m(?)on/, [?bæk??m(?)o?n]
• Syllabification: back?gam?mon

Noun

backgammon

1. backgammon

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English backgammon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak.?a.m?n/

Noun

backgammon m (uncountable)

1. backgammon

See also

• trictrac

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English backgammon.

Noun

backgammon m (uncountable)

1. backgammon

   Synonyms: tric trac, tavola reale

Spanish

Noun

backgammon m (uncountable)

1. backgammon

   Synonyms: chanchullo, chaquete, tablas reales

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t??b?lz, IPA^(key): /?te?bl?z/
• Hyphenation: ta?bles

Noun

tables

1. plural of table

tables pl (plural only)

1. Backgammon.
2. (backgammon) The halves or quarters of a backgammon board.
3. Any backgammon-like board game, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points".

Verb

tables

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of table

See also

• turn the tables

Anagrams

• Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, blates, bleats, stable

French

Pronunciation

Noun

tables f

1. plural of table

Verb

tables

1. second-person singular present indicative of tabler
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of tabler

Anagrams

• baltes, stable

Middle English

Noun

tables

1. plural of table

Spanish

Verb

tables

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of tablar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of tablar.