Etymology

jeu de taquin

Today it means: A construction that defines an equivalence relation on the set of skew standard Young tableaux. Full definition →

French jeu de taquin
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  1. French · borrowed fromjeu de taquin“15 puzzle”
  2. English todayjeu de taquin

From French jeu de taquin (“15 puzzle”, literally “teasing game”).

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