mah-jong

See also: mahjong and Mah-Jong

English

Noun

mah-jong

1. Alternative spelling of mahjong

French

Alternative forms

• mahjong, Mah-Jong, mah-jongg, majong, ma-jong

Etymology

Via English from Cantonese 麻將／麻将 (maa4 zoeng3)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒɔ̃ɡ/, /ma.ʒɔŋ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

mah-jong m (plural mah-jongs)

1. mahjong (game for four)
2. mahjong tile

   Synonym: tuile

Further reading

• “mah-jong” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “mah-jong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.