Meanings
nounmeeple (plural meeples or meeple)
plural meeples
- A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:meeple.
Synonyms: board game piece
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.
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Origin
Blend of my + people. Coined by Alison Hansel in November 2000 during a game of Carcassonne on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 米寶 /米宝
- 米寶 /米宝 (mai⁵ bou²)wooden token with a human shape used by a player in a board game
Chinese Mandarin 米寶 /米宝
- 米寶 /米宝 (mǐbǎo)wooden token with a human shape used by a player in a board game
Japanese ミープル
- ミープル (mīpuru)wooden token with a human shape used by a player in a board game
Russian фигурка
- фигурка (figurka)wooden token with a human shape used by a player in a board game
Spanish keko
- kekowooden token with a human shape used by a player in a board game
Rhymes & wordplay
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
meeple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meeple
MLA
“meeple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meeple. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meeple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meeple.
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