reversi

English

A reversi board set up for the start of a game.

Etymology

(board game): So named because the playing pieces have two differently colored sides, which are reversed when captured to indicate that they are now the capturer's.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)si/

Noun

reversi (uncountable)

1. A strategy game for two players, areas of the board being captured by surrounding rows of the opponent's pieces with one's own.
2. The card game reversis.

Synonyms

• Othello (a trademark)

Translations

board game

• Esperanto: reverso (eo), otelo
• Japanese: リバーシ (ja) (ribāshi)
• Swedish: Othello n, reversi (sv)

Anagrams

• reivers, reviser, rievers

Latin

Participle

reversī

1. inflection of reversus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular