tressette
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
From tre (“three”) + sette (“seven”). The name may refer to seven sets of three (or four) point possibilities, or to the fact that it is played up to twenty-one points (that is three times seven).
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Noun edit
tressette m (invariable)
- an Italian card game with many local variants
- Hyponyms: calabresella, quintiglio