écarté

noun

A card game in which one can discard certain cards from one's hand and replace them with cards from the deck.

OriginFrench écarté →
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Meanings

nounécarté (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA card game in which one can discard certain cards from one's hand and replace them with cards from the deck.

Origin

  1. Frenchécarté
  2. Frenchécarté
  3. Englishécarté

Borrowed from French écarté (“discarded”).

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Translations

Russian экарте
  • экарте (ekarte)Translations
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APA

écarté. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9cart%C3%A9

MLA

“écarté.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9cart%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “écarté,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9cart%C3%A9.

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