baccara

See also: baccarà

English

Etymology

From French baccara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæk.əˌɹɑː/, /ˈbɑːk-/

Noun

baccara (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of baccarat (“French card game”)

French

Alternative forms

• baccarat

Etymology

Likely named after the French town Baccarat (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately unclear and debated origin. First attested in 1291 (uncertain). If by some Vulgar Latin *Bacchara, the town is possibly named from Latin Bacchi ara ("altar of Bacchus"; the original pagan reference of the name was forgotten), name of an ancient Roman castellum, of which there remains a relic called the "Tower of Bacha" on the heights of Deneuvre, from whence Baccarat is an ancient suburb. Other hypotheses have also been suggested, including descent from Celtic.

Probably linked to Provençal baccara, although if the town etymology is correct, this may present some geographic difficulty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ka.ʁa/
• Rhymes: -a

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Noun

baccara m (uncountable)

1. baccarat (card game)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: bacará
• → Spanish: bacará

Further reading

• “baccara”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Alternative forms

• baccaro
• baccari, baccare (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin baccaris, from Ancient Greek βάκκαρις (bákkaris, “clary”), a word borrowed from Lydian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbak.ka.ra/
• Rhymes: -akkara
• Hyphenation: bàc‧ca‧ra

Noun

baccara f (plural baccare) (Tuscan)

1. Synonym of asaro europeo

Further reading

• baccara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Baracca, baracca