belote

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French belote.

Pronunciation

Noun

belote (uncountable)

  1. A trick-taking card game using a 32 card deck.
    • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 471:
      At the Sphinx where he went rather sedately to play belotte and drink (with a timid air) an absinthe, which he hated, he had met a charming friend of his new wife [...].

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French

Etymology

From the name of F Belot, ‘a Frenchman who perfected the game’ (OED).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bə.lɔt/
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Noun

belote f (plural belotes)

  1. (uncountable) belote
  2. (countable) king and queen of the trump suit, in the game belote

Descendants

  • → Armenian: բլոտ (blot)
  • → Bulgarian: бело́т (belót)
  • → Polish: belotka

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