rouge et noir

noun

A solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards.

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trente-et-quarante
OriginFrench rouge et noir →
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Meanings

nounrouge et noir (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards.
  2. uncountableA French gambling game using six decks of cards, played at a special table with two croupiers.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some number

Similar
trente-et-quarante
Broader
card gamecards

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchrouge et noir
  2. Englishrouge et noir

From French rouge et noir (literally “red and black”).

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Translations

French trente et quarante, trente et quarante
  • trente et quarantesolitaire card game
  • trente et quarantegambling card game
Polish czerwone i czarne, czerwone i czarne
  • czerwone i czarnesolitaire card game
  • czerwone i czarnegambling card game
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Chicago

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