backgammon
English edit
Etymology edit
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
backgammon (countable and uncountable, plural backgammons)
- A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 90:
- "I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do.
- (backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
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Verb edit
backgammon (third-person singular simple present backgammons, present participle backgammoning, simple past and past participle backgammoned)
- To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
Further reading edit
- backgammon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English backgammon.
Noun edit
backgammon m (uncountable)
- backgammon (board game)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From English backgammon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
backgammon
Declension edit
Inflection of backgammon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | backgammon | backgammonit | ||
genitive | backgammonin | backgammonien backgammoneiden backgammoneitten | ||
partitive | backgammonia | backgammoneita backgammoneja | ||
illative | backgammoniin | backgammoneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | backgammon | backgammonit | ||
accusative | nom. | backgammon | backgammonit | |
gen. | backgammonin | |||
genitive | backgammonin | backgammonien backgammoneiden backgammoneitten | ||
partitive | backgammonia | backgammoneita backgammoneja | ||
inessive | backgammonissa | backgammoneissa | ||
elative | backgammonista | backgammoneista | ||
illative | backgammoniin | backgammoneihin | ||
adessive | backgammonilla | backgammoneilla | ||
ablative | backgammonilta | backgammoneilta | ||
allative | backgammonille | backgammoneille | ||
essive | backgammonina | backgammoneina | ||
translative | backgammoniksi | backgammoneiksi | ||
abessive | backgammonitta | backgammoneitta | ||
instructive | — | backgammonein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “backgammon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English backgammon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
backgammon m (uncountable)
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English backgammon.
Noun edit
backgammon m (uncountable)
- backgammon
- Synonyms: tric trac, tavola reale
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English backgammon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
backgammon m (uncountable)
- backgammon
- Synonyms: chanchullo, chaquete, tablas reales
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading edit
- “backgammon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014