ace of diamonds

English

Ace of diamonds

Noun

ace of diamonds (plural aces of diamonds)

1. One of the 52 playing cards from a standard pack as used for bridge and poker, with a single pip, with a nominal value of 1, and with the diamonds suit.
   • 1823, Encyclopaedia Britannica, V7, The Dioptrical Paradox, p.245

     Its effect is, that a print, or an ornamented drawing, with any object, such as an ace of diamonds. etc. in the centre F, (fig 6.) will be seen as the ace of clubs when it is placed in the machine ABCD, and viewed through a single glass only contained in the tube E.

Translations

playing card

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 方块A (cmn)

• Danish: ruder es (da)
• Esperanto: karoa aso (eo)
• Finnish: ruutuässä (fi)
• French: as de carreau (fr) m
• German: Karo-Ass (de) n

• Italian: asso di quadri (it) m
• Russian: бубновый туз (ru) (bubnóvyj tuz) m, туз бубен (ru) (tuz búben) m
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: as de diamantes (es) m, as de oros (es) m
• Swedish: ruter ess (sv) n
• Vietnamese: át rô (vi)

Synonyms

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Abbreviations

• A♦