See also: misere, Misere, and miserê

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Borrowed from French misère. Doublet of misery.

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misère (plural misères)

  1. (card games, whist and others) A bid to lose every trick, or the majority of tricks, with no trumps.

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misère (not comparable)

  1. Played according to the reverse of the usual winning convention.
    A strategy in misère backgammon is to put six blots in a row.
  2. In which a player unable to move wins.

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French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin miseria.

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  • IPA(key): /mi.zɛʁ/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /mi.zaɛ̯ʁ/
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misère f (plural misères)

  1. misery
  2. poverty
    Il a vécu pendant longtemps dans la misère.
    He lived in poverty for a long time.

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  • German: Misere
  • Haitian Creole: mizè
  • Swedish: misär

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misère

  1. dear me! dear Lord! oh boy! heavens! woe is me!
    Synonyms: seigneur, bon sang, bon Dieu

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