spades

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US, UK/speɪdz/

noun

One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.

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Meanings

spades1

noun
  1. pluralplural of spade
nounspades pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlycard gamesOne of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
  2. pluralplural onlycard gamesA card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.

    Griff and his cronies played spades at the back of the classroom.

    2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 57
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of spade

Spades2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Spade

Translations

Arabic بَسْتُونِيّ
  • بَسْتُونِيّ (bastūniyy)suit of playing cards
Bengali ইস্কাবন, ইস্কাবনবাজী
  • ইস্কাবন (iskabon)suit of playing cards
  • ইস্কাবনবাজী (iskabonbaji)card game
Bulgarian пи́ка, пи́ки
  • пи́ка (píka)suit of playing cards
  • пи́ки (píki)suit of playing cards
Catalan piques
  • piquessuit of playing cards
Chinese Cantonese 葵扇
  • 葵扇 (kwai⁴ sin³)suit of playing cards
Chinese Mandarin 黑桃
  • 黑桃 (hēitáo)suit of playing cards
Czech piky
  • pikysuit of playing cards
Danish spar
  • sparsuit of playing cards
Dutch schoppen
  • schoppensuit of playing cards
Esperanto piko
  • pikosuit of playing cards
Estonian poti
  • potisuit of playing cards
Finnish pata
  • patasuit of playing cards
French pique
  • piquesuit of playing cards
German Pik, Schippe
  • Piksuit of playing cards
  • Schippesuit of playing cards
Hindi हुक्म
  • हुक्म (hukma)suit of playing cards
Hungarian pikk
  • pikksuit of playing cards
Italian picche
  • picchesuit of playing cards
Japanese スペード
  • スペード (supēdo)suit of playing cards
Korean 스페이드
  • 스페이드 (seupeideu)suit of playing cards
Latin hastae, hastae
  • hastaesuit of playing cards
  • hastaecard game
Latvian pīķi
  • pīķisuit of playing cards
Lithuanian pikai, vynai
  • pikaisuit of playing cards
  • vynaisuit of playing cards
Malay sekopong, sped
  • sekopongsuit of playing cards
  • spedsuit of playing cards
Māori hāwara
  • hāwarasuit of playing cards
Norwegian Bokmål spar
  • sparsuit of playing cards
Polish pik, piki
  • piksuit of playing cards
  • pikicard game
Portuguese espadas
  • espadassuit of playing cards
Romanian pică, frunză
  • picăsuit of playing cards
  • frunzăsuit of playing cards
Russian пи́ки, пи́ка
  • пи́ки (píki)suit of playing cards
  • пи́ка (píka)suit of playing cards
  • ви́ни (víni)suit of playing cards
Slovak pika, piky
  • pikasuit of playing cards
  • pikysuit of playing cards
Spanish picas
  • picassuit of playing cards
Swahili shupaza, jembe
  • shupazasuit of playing cards
  • jembesuit of playing cards
Swedish spader
  • spadersuit of playing cards
Tagalog ispada, espada
  • ispadasuit of playing cards
  • espadasuit of playing cards
Thai โพดำ
  • โพดำ (poo-dam)suit of playing cards
Turkish maça, pik
  • maçasuit of playing cards
  • piksuit of playing cards
Ukrainian вино́, пі́ка
  • вино́ (vynó)suit of playing cards
  • пі́ка (píka)suit of playing cards
Urdu حُکْم
  • حُکْم (hukm)suit of playing cards
Vietnamese pích, bích
  • píchsuit of playing cards
  • bíchsuit of playing cards

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with spades

gradesbladesshadesgladesdraidsjack of all trades
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Anagrams

passed
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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