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What (who) is ecarte - definition
CARD GAME
Ecarte; Ecarté
Ecarte
·noun A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.
II. Ecarte ·add. ·noun A game at cards for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.
Écarté
Écarté is an old French casino game for two players that is still played today. It is a trick-taking game, similar to whist, but with a special and eponymous discarding phase; the word écarté meaning "discarded".
ecarte
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1. e?'k?:te? a card game for two players, in which thirty-two cards are used and certain cards may be discarded in exchange for others.
2. ?e?k?:'te? Ballet a position in which the dancer extends one leg in the air to the side with the arm of the same side raised above the head and the other arm extended to the side.
Origin
C19: Fr., past participle of ecarter 'discard, throw out'.
Wikipedia
Écarté
Écarté is an old French casino game for two players that is still played today. It is a trick-taking game, similar to whist, but with a special and eponymous discarding phase; the word écarté meaning "discarded". Écarté was popular in the 19th century, but is now rarely played. It is described as "an elegant two-player derivative of Triomphe [that is] quite fun to play" and a "classic that should be known to all educated card players."
