bezique

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/bəˈziːk/

noun

A trick-taking card game for two players.

Similar
pinochlepinoclepenuchle
OriginFrench bésigue →
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Meanings

nounbezique (countable and uncountable, plural beziques)

plural beziques · alternative besique

  1. countableuncountableA trick-taking card game for two players.

    Queen Elizabeth II does not play, preferring racing demon, complicated games of solitaire and six-deck bezique.

    2009 January 19, Phillip Alder, “Eisenhower’s Other Title: Bridge Player in Chief”, Bridge, in New York Times
  2. countableuncountableThe act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist

Similar
pinochlepinoclepenuchle
Broader
card gamecards
Also see
pinochle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchbésigue
  2. Englishbezique

Borrowed from French bésigue, of unknown origin.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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