belote

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UK/bəˈlɒt/

noun

A trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.

OriginFrench belote →
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Meanings

belote1

nounbelote (uncountable)

alternative belotte

  1. uncountableA trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.

    At the Sphinx where he went rather sedately to play belotte and drink (with a timid air) an absinthe, which he hated, he had met a charming friend of his new wife [...].

    1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 471

Belote2

proper nounBelote (plural Belotes)

plural Belotes

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Frenchbelote
  2. Englishbelote

Borrowed from French belote.

More words from French

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Translations

Bulgarian бело́т
  • бело́т (belót)card game
Polish belotka
  • belotkacard game

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bolete
Cite this entry
APA

belote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belote

MLA

“belote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belote. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belote.

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