Meanings
nounreversi (uncountable)
- uncountableA strategy game for two players, areas of the board being captured by surrounding rows of the opponent's pieces with one's own.
- uncountableThe card game reversis.
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Origin
(board game): So named because the playing pieces have two differently colored sides, which are reversed when captured to indicate that they are now the capturer's.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 蘋果棋 /苹果棋
- 蘋果棋 /苹果棋 (píngguǒqí)board game
Esperanto reverso, otelo
- reversoboard game
- oteloboard game
Japanese リバーシ, オセロ
- リバーシ (ribāshi)board game
- オセロ (osero)board game
Korean 리버시, 오델로
- 리버시 (ribeosi)board game
- 오델로 (odello)board game
Swedish Othello, reversi
- Othelloboard game
- reversiboard game
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Cite this entry
APA
reversi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reversi
MLA
“reversi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reversi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reversi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reversi.
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