diez

Inherited from Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognates include Portuguese dez and French dix; more distantly Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), English ten, and German zehn.

Este año voy a sacar puros dieces.

(education, number grade) A (highest grade in testing)


approach

From Middle English approche (“approach, arrival”), from approchen, aprochen (“to come or go near, approach; to adjoin, be close by; to enter (someone’s) presence; to be or become involved; to reach (a certain state); to arrive; to befall, happen to; to become similar to, resemble; to be a match for (someone)”); see etymology 1.

вход

avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access

захо́д

way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport

(bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.


hat

Sranan Tongo: ati

From Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”). Cognate with North Frisian hat (“hat”), Danish hat (“hat”), Swedish hatt (“hat”), Icelandic hattur (“hat”), Finnish hattu (“hat”), Latin cassis (“helmet”), Lithuanian kudas (“bird's crest or tuft”), Avestan 𐬑𐬀𐬊𐬛𐬀 (xaoda, “hat”), Persian خود (xud, “helmet”), Welsh cadw (“to provide for, ensure”). Compare also hood.

cog

The third type of function allows you to check on the state of the joystick's buttons, axes, hats, and balls.

2002, Ernest Pazera, Focus on SDL, page 139:


vez

From Old Galician-Portuguese vez (displacing vegada), from Latin vicis (“change, alternation”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to wind, bend”).

der

(games) turn; move (one’s chance to make a move in a game having two or more players)


grace

en-noun

grace (countable and uncountable, plural graces)

From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (modern French grâce), from Latin grātia (“kindness, favour, esteem”), from grātus (“pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to praise, welcome”); compare grateful.
The word displaced the native Middle English held, hield (“grace”) (from Old English held, hyld (“grace”)), Middle English este (“grace, favour, pleasure”) (from Old English ēst (“grace, kindness, favour”)), Middle English athmede(n) (“grace”) (from Old English ēadmēdu (“grace”)), Middle English are, ore (“grace, mercy, honour”) (from Old English ār (“honour, grace, kindness, mercy”)).

cog

(countable, card games) In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.


tong

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly either:
* 當／当 (tong, “to bear; to take responsibility; to match equally”) as recorded in Barclay (1923) in Douglas (1873), where "the person who supplies a private gambling party with room, cards, and food, (customarily) receives a percentage of the winnings" as per Barclay (1923).
* 東／东 (tong, “host”, literally “east”) according to Manuel (1948) as in 做東／做东 (chòe-tong / chò-tong, “to act as a host”) or 作東／作东 (chok-tong) as recorded in Douglas (1873), because it was customary in China for the host to sit on the east side of the room or table when receiving a guest, who usually stays on the west side, as per Manuel (1948).
Chan-Yap (1980) also records a ⟨“tôŋ”⟩ (POJ: tong), which she described as 'percentage cut of a gambling taken from winners', though she was not clear on which term in Hokkien that she meant by this.
Compare Ilocano tong (“bribe money”), agtong (“to give bribe money”).

(gambling) percentage cut or commission of the winnings taken from the winner/s for the banker/dealer or owner of the gambling house


gato

es-noun

gato m (plural gatos, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

gatos (plural)
gata (feminine)
gatas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat, Italian gatto, Portuguese gato). See cat for more.

cuando el gato no está los ratones están de fiesta


frag

I'd been fighting him for ages, and then you stole my frag!

Oh, man. Did you play Online Gaming last night? No, yeah, no? I did. I got so many frags.

2004 August 16, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #111: other days”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Homestar Runner (Matthew Chapman):

(video games, slang) A successful kill in a deathmatch game. A point or score (when considered collectively) gained by successfully killing opponents in a deathmatch game.


frag

en-verb

frag (third-person singular simple present frags, present participle fragging, simple past and past participle fragged)

frags (present singular third-person)
fragging (participle present)
fragged (participle past)
fragged (past)

I fragged him once and then meleed him for the kill.

(transitive, military and video games, slang) To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade.

I fragged him but he fell off the ledge afterwards.

I have pistol-fragged far superior players coming at me with a shotgun with 100% health.

1996, Martin Cox, “Stupid frags ...”, in rec.games.computer.doom.playing (Usenet):

tappaa

to kill (another player) in a deathmatch computer game


cab

(video games, informal) An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.


bonus

en-noun

bonus (plural bonuses or bonusses or (nonstandard) boni)

bonuses (plural)
bonusses (plural)
boni (nonstandard plural)

→ Danish: bonus

→ French: bonus

→ German: Bonus

→ Portuguese: bónus, bônus (Brazil)

→ Japanese: ボーナス (bōnasu)

→ Turkish: bonus

Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona.

Spend the time killing things and there's a bonus for each hit - but only for fatalities notched up since the start of your current life.

1988, David Powell, Rygar (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 25

(video games) An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.


under

From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Akin to Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).

(gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be below a certain stated value.


gib

first-person shooter
first-person shooter

(video games) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.


gib

en-verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

gibs (present singular third-person)
gibbing (participle present)
gibbed (participle past)
gibbed (past)

(transitive, video games) To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.


duplex

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.

(juggling) A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.


mesa

Borrowed from Spanish mesa, from Latin mēnsa.


fluke

fluke (third-person singular simple present flukes, present participle fluking, simple past and past participle fluked)

flukes (present singular third-person)
fluking (participle present)
fluked (participle past)
fluked (past)

Unknown, perhaps dialectal. It seems to have originally referred to a lucky shot at billiards. Possibly connected to sense 3, referring to whales' use of flukes to move rapidly.

He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.

(snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.


resign

resign (third-person singular simple present resigns, present participle resigning, simple past and past participle resigned)

resigns (present singular third-person)
resigning (participle present)
resigned (participle past)
resigned (past)

From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”). Piecewise doublet of re-sign.

uder

(transitive) To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.


cuore

it-noun

cuore m (plural cuori, pejorative cuoràccio/coràccio, derogatory cuoriciàttolo/coriciàttolo or (uncommon) cuorùccio/corùccio, diminutive-endearing cuoricìno/coricìno)

cuori (plural)
cuoràccio (pejorative)
coràccio (pejorative)
cuoriciàttolo (derogatory)
coriciàttolo (derogatory)
cuorùccio (derogatory uncommon)
corùccio (derogatory uncommon)

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.


kit

en-noun

kit (countable and uncountable, plural kits)

From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin.
The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century.
The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

der

(video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.


blaze

From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”).
Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”).

cog

(poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.


off

Coordinate term: on

ich muss gleich off gehen

(Internet slang, especially video games) Clipping of offline.


spawn

en-verb

spawn (third-person singular simple present spawns, present participle spawning, simple past and past participle spawned)

spawns (present singular third-person)
spawning (participle present)
spawned (participle past)
spawned (past)

Recorded since 1413; from Middle English spawnen, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere (“stretch out; spread out”, verb). Doublet of expand. Compare also Middle English spalden, spolden, spawden (“to cut open (a fish)”).

der

We put down torches to stop creepers from spawning.

(ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.

生成

to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time


spawn

en-noun

spawn (countable and uncountable, plural spawn or spawns)

From Middle English spawne, from the verb (see above).

потомък

any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring


raise

en-verb

raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)

raises (present singular third-person)
raising (participle present)
raised (participle past)
raised (past)

From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”).
Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.

whakahī

Referring to lifting the pitch of a musical note

hāpai

Of lifting an object to a higher elevation

hī

Refers to raising an eyebrow in scepticism

aradan qaldırmaq

(military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done

raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps

John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.

(poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.


raise

(poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.


seis

Kabuverdianu: sais

Macanese: sês

Papiamentu: seis

From Old Galician-Portuguese seis, seys, from Latin sex (“six”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).


seis

→ Aklanon: sais

→ Cebuano: sayis

→ Tagalog: seis

Inherited from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), French six, Old English six, English six.


seis

Borrowed from Spanish seis, from Latin sex. Compare Cebuano sayis.


delete

en-verb

delete (third-person singular simple present deletes, present participle deleting, simple past and past participle deleted)

deletes (present singular third-person)
deleting (participle present)
deleted (participle past)
deleted (past)

→ Portuguese: deletar, delete

From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. In common use for ordering the absence of features of products (such as automobiles) in the 1960s. Computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience. Not related to deleterious.

Also I got deleted by a rogue and druid who were both invisible and just popped up and cleaned me.

2020 November 20, “Enhance Arena positioning”, in Blizzard Forums (US):

(online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.


cap

cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)

caps (present singular third-person)
capping (participle present)
capped (participle past)
capped (past)

Call your friends and bring a gun / The Halo revolution's on / Capping flags and arming bombs / Yes, we don't blink until we're done

2007 November 20, Greg Haupt, “LvUrFR3NZ”, in Halo 3 Original Soundtrack, performed by Princeton, Sumthing Else Music Works:

(transitive, video games) To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.


fold

fold (third-person singular simple present folds, present participle folding, simple past folded, past participle folded or (obsolete) folden)

folds (present singular third-person)
folding (participle present)
folded (past)
folded (participle past)
folden (obsolete participle past)

⇒ Czech: foldovat

The verb is from Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). The noun is from Middle English folde,falde, itself derived from the verb.

With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded.

(intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.


wave

From Middle English *wave, partially from waven (“to fluctuate, wave”) (see above) and partially from Middle English wawe, waghe (“wave”), from Old English wǣg (“a wave, billow, motion, water, flood, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“motion, storm, wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with North Frisian weage (“wave, flood, sea”), German Woge (“wave”), French vague (“wave”) (from Germanic), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 (wēgs, “a wave”). See also waw.

cog

As the player eliminates each wave of 55 aliens, the next wave begins lower than the one previous.

2011, Raffaele Cecco, Supercharged JavaScript Graphics: With HTML5 Canvas and jQuery:

(video games, by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.


badge

→ Japanese: バッジ (bajji)

→ Korean: 배지 (baeji)

From Middle English badge, bagge, bage, bagy, from Anglo-Norman bage or Medieval Latin bagea, bagia (“sign, emblem”), of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Medieval Latin baga (“ring”), from Old Saxon bāg, bōg (“ring, ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, bracelet, armband”); or possibly the Anglo-Norman word is derived from an earlier, unattested English word (compare Old English bēag (“ring, bracelet, collar, crown”). Cognate with Scots bagie, badgie, bawgy (“badge”).

cog

When you have checked in to the site from ten different cities, you unlock the Traveller badge.

(Internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.


try

From Middle English trien (“to try a legal case”), from Anglo-Norman trier (“to try a case”), Old French trier (“to choose, pick out or separate from others, sift, cull”), of uncertain origin. It is probably related to Italian tritare (“to grind; to sort; to analyze”) (see also French trier). Alternatively, believed to be a metathetic variation of Old French tirer (“to pull out, snatch”), from Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (tiran, “to tear away, remove”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, tear apart”), see tear. Related to Occitan triar (“to pick out, choose from among others”), although the Occitan verb could also be a borrowing from French. Alternatively or by confluence, the Old French is from Gallo-Roman Vulgar Latin *triare, of unknown origin.
Replaced native Middle English cunnen (“to try”) (from Old English cunnian), Middle English fandien (“to try, prove”) (from Old English fandian), and Middle English costnien (“to try, tempt, test”) (from Old English costnian).

cog

[t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔aɪ̯]

[t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪ̯]

(chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.


parity

en-noun

parity (countable and uncountable, plural parities)

From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritas, from Latin pār (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- + -ty.

parita

math: classification into one set or the other

(games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.


moku

moku (nominative singular)
mokut (nominative plural)
moku (accusative nominative singular)
mokut (accusative nominative plural)
mokun (accusative genitive singular)
mokut (accusative genitive plural)
mokun (genitive singular)
mokujen (genitive plural)
mokua (partitive singular)
mokuja (partitive plural)
mokussa (inessive singular)
mokuissa (inessive plural)
mokusta (elative singular)
mokuista (elative plural)
mokuun (illative singular)
mokuihin (illative plural)
mokulla (adessive singular)
mokuilla (adessive plural)
mokulta (ablative singular)
mokuilta (ablative plural)
mokulle (allative singular)
mokuille (allative plural)
mokuna (essive singular)
mokuina (essive plural)
mokuksi (singular translative)
mokuiksi (plural translative)
mokutta (abessive singular)
mokuitta (abessive plural)
mokuin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
mokuni (nominative singular)
mokuni (nominative plural)
mokuni (accusative nominative singular)
mokuni (accusative nominative plural)
mokuni (accusative genitive singular)
mokuni (accusative genitive plural)
mokuni (genitive singular)
mokujeni (genitive plural)
mokuani (partitive singular)
mokujani (partitive plural)
mokussani (inessive singular)
mokuissani (inessive plural)
mokustani (elative singular)
mokuistani (elative plural)
mokuuni (illative singular)
mokuihini (illative plural)
mokullani (adessive singular)
mokuillani (adessive plural)
mokultani (ablative singular)
mokuiltani (ablative plural)
mokulleni (allative singular)
mokuilleni (allative plural)
mokunani (essive singular)
mokuinani (essive plural)
mokukseni (singular translative)
mokuikseni (plural translative)
mokuttani (abessive singular)
mokuittani (abessive plural)
mokuineni (comitative plural)
mokusi (nominative singular)
mokusi (nominative plural)
mokusi (accusative nominative singular)
mokusi (accusative nominative plural)
mokusi (accusative genitive singular)
mokusi (accusative genitive plural)
mokusi (genitive singular)
mokujesi (genitive plural)
mokuasi (partitive singular)
mokujasi (partitive plural)
mokussasi (inessive singular)
mokuissasi (inessive plural)
mokustasi (elative singular)
mokuistasi (elative plural)
mokuusi (illative singular)
mokuihisi (illative plural)
mokullasi (adessive singular)
mokuillasi (adessive plural)
mokultasi (ablative singular)
mokuiltasi (ablative plural)
mokullesi (allative singular)
mokuillesi (allative plural)
mokunasi (essive singular)
mokuinasi (essive plural)
mokuksesi (singular translative)
mokuiksesi (plural translative)
mokuttasi (abessive singular)
mokuittasi (abessive plural)
mokuinesi (comitative plural)
mokumme (nominative singular)
mokumme (nominative plural)
mokumme (accusative nominative singular)
mokumme (accusative nominative plural)
mokumme (accusative genitive singular)
mokumme (accusative genitive plural)
mokumme (genitive singular)
mokujemme (genitive plural)
mokuamme (partitive singular)
mokujamme (partitive plural)
mokussamme (inessive singular)
mokuissamme (inessive plural)
mokustamme (elative singular)
mokuistamme (elative plural)
mokuumme (illative singular)
mokuihimme (illative plural)
mokullamme (adessive singular)
mokuillamme (adessive plural)
mokultamme (ablative singular)
mokuiltamme (ablative plural)
mokullemme (allative singular)
mokuillemme (allative plural)
mokunamme (essive singular)
mokuinamme (essive plural)
mokuksemme (singular translative)
mokuiksemme (plural translative)
mokuttamme (abessive singular)
mokuittamme (abessive plural)
mokuinemme (comitative plural)
mokunne (nominative singular)
mokunne (nominative plural)
mokunne (accusative nominative singular)
mokunne (accusative nominative plural)
mokunne (accusative genitive singular)
mokunne (accusative genitive plural)
mokunne (genitive singular)
mokujenne (genitive plural)
mokuanne (partitive singular)
mokujanne (partitive plural)
mokussanne (inessive singular)
mokuissanne (inessive plural)
mokustanne (elative singular)
mokuistanne (elative plural)
mokuunne (illative singular)
mokuihinne (illative plural)
mokullanne (adessive singular)
mokuillanne (adessive plural)
mokultanne (ablative singular)
mokuiltanne (ablative plural)
mokullenne (allative singular)
mokuillenne (allative plural)
mokunanne (essive singular)
mokuinanne (essive plural)
mokuksenne (singular translative)
mokuiksenne (plural translative)
mokuttanne (abessive singular)
mokuittanne (abessive plural)
mokuinenne (comitative plural)
mokunsa (nominative singular)
mokunsa (nominative plural)
mokunsa (accusative nominative singular)
mokunsa (accusative nominative plural)
mokunsa (accusative genitive singular)
mokunsa (accusative genitive plural)
mokunsa (genitive singular)
mokujensa (genitive plural)
mokuaan (partitive singular)
mokuansa (partitive singular)
mokujaan (partitive plural)
mokujansa (partitive plural)
mokussaan (inessive singular)
mokussansa (inessive singular)
mokuissaan (inessive plural)
mokuissansa (inessive plural)
mokustaan (elative singular)
mokustansa (elative singular)
mokuistaan (elative plural)
mokuistansa (elative plural)
mokuunsa (illative singular)
mokuihinsa (illative plural)
mokullaan (adessive singular)
mokullansa (adessive singular)
mokuillaan (adessive plural)
mokuillansa (adessive plural)
mokultaan (ablative singular)
mokultansa (ablative singular)
mokuiltaan (ablative plural)
mokuiltansa (ablative plural)
mokulleen (allative singular)
mokullensa (allative singular)
mokuilleen (allative plural)
mokuillensa (allative plural)
mokunaan (essive singular)
mokunansa (essive singular)
mokuinaan (essive plural)
mokuinansa (essive plural)
mokukseen (singular translative)
mokuksensa (singular translative)
mokuikseen (plural translative)
mokuiksensa (plural translative)
mokuttaan (abessive singular)
mokuttansa (abessive singular)
mokuittaan (abessive plural)
mokuittansa (abessive plural)
mokuineen (comitative plural)
mokuinensa (comitative plural)


penetrate

en-verb

penetrate (third-person singular simple present penetrates, present participle penetrating, simple past and past participle penetrated)

penetrates (present singular third-person)
penetrating (participle present)
penetrated (participle past)
penetrated (past)

From Latin penētrātus, past participle of penētrō (“to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce, penetrate”), from penes (“within, with”) by analogy to intrō (“to go in, enter”).

(chess) To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.


dab

dab (third-person singular simple present dabs, present participle dabbing, simple past and past participle dabbed)

dabs (present singular third-person)
dabbing (participle present)
dabbed (participle past)
dabbed (past)

From Middle English dabben (“to strike”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Old Icelandic dabba (“to tap, slap”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Compare also with Middle Dutch dabben (“to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble”) (Dutch dabben (“(of a horse) to stamp with the forelegs”)), Dutch deppen (“to dab”), possibly German tappen (“to fumble, grope”).
The noun is from Middle English dabbe (“a strike, blow”), from the verb. Related to tap. Compare also drub, dub.
African-American sense of “playful box” perhaps influenced by dap (“fistbump”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

cog

(bingo) Synonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)


fix

en-verb

fix (third-person singular simple present fixes, present participle fixing, simple past and past participle fixt or fixed)

fixes (present singular third-person)
fixing (participle present)
fixt (participle past)
fixt (past)
fixed (participle past)
fixed (past)
fix (infinitive)

→ Dutch: fixen, fiksen

From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

der

(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

(transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.


bowl

From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, stud, round object”). Doublet of poll.

(bowls) The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.


tour

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

tor (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger)

taw (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic)

(snooker) A circuit of snooker tournaments


tour

→ Breton: tour

→ Russian: тура́ (turá)

→ Ukrainian: тура́ (turá)

Inherited from Old French tor, from Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).


ess

fo-noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

ess (genitive singular)
ess (plural)
ess (indefinite nominative singular)
essið (definite nominative singular)
ess (indefinite nominative plural)
essini (definite nominative plural)
ess (accusative indefinite singular)
essið (accusative definite singular)
ess (accusative indefinite plural)
essini (accusative definite plural)
essi (dative indefinite singular)
essinum (dative definite singular)
essum (dative indefinite plural)
essunum (dative definite plural)
ess (genitive indefinite singular)
essins (definite genitive singular)
essa (genitive indefinite plural)
essanna (definite genitive plural)

From Danish es, from Middle Low German es, from Old French as, from Latin as.


ess

esset (definite singular)
ess (indefinite plural)
essa (definite plural)
essene (definite plural)

From Latin as, via Middle Low German es.

an ace (playing card; or someone very proficient)


ess

esset (definite singular)
ess (indefinite plural)
essa (definite plural)


ess

ess (indefinite nominative singular)
ess (genitive indefinite singular)
esset (definite nominative singular)
essets (definite genitive singular)
ess (indefinite nominative plural)
ess (genitive indefinite plural)
essen (definite nominative plural)
essens (definite genitive plural)


SOB

en-noun

SOB (countable and uncountable, plural SOBs)

(speedrunning) Initialism of sum of best.


schwarz

de-adj

schwarz (strong nominative masculine singular schwarzer, comparative schwärzer or schwarzer, superlative am schwärzesten or am schwarzesten)

schwarzer (masculine nominative singular strong)
schwärzer (comparative)
schwarzer (comparative)
am schwärzesten (superlative)
am schwarzesten (superlative)
schwarz (masculine predicative singular)
schwarz (feminine predicative singular)
schwarz (neuter predicative singular)
schwarz (plural predicative)
schwarzer (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
schwarze (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
schwarzes (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
schwarze (nominative plural strong without-article)
schwarzen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
schwarzer (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
schwarzen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
schwarzer (genitive plural strong without-article)
schwarzem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
schwarzer (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
schwarzem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
schwarzen (dative plural strong without-article)
schwarzen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
schwarze (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
schwarzes (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
schwarze (accusative plural strong without-article)
der schwarze (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die schwarze (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das schwarze (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die schwarzen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des schwarzen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der schwarzen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des schwarzen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der schwarzen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem schwarzen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der schwarzen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem schwarzen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den schwarzen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den schwarzen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die schwarze (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das schwarze (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die schwarzen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein schwarzer (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine schwarze (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein schwarzes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
schwarzen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine schwarzen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines schwarzen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer schwarzen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines schwarzen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
schwarzen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner schwarzen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem schwarzen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer schwarzen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem schwarzen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
schwarzen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen schwarzen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen schwarzen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine schwarze (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein schwarzes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
schwarzen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine schwarzen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
schwärzer (comparative masculine predicative singular)
schwarzer (comparative masculine predicative singular)
schwärzer (comparative feminine predicative singular)
schwarzer (comparative feminine predicative singular)
schwärzer (comparative neuter predicative singular)
schwarzer (comparative neuter predicative singular)
schwärzer (comparative plural predicative)
schwarzer (comparative plural predicative)
schwärzerer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
schwarzerer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
schwärzere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
schwarzere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
schwärzeres (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
schwarzeres (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
schwärzere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
schwarzere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
schwärzeren (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
schwarzeren (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
schwärzerer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
schwarzerer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
schwärzeren (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
schwarzeren (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
schwärzerer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
schwarzerer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
schwärzerem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
schwarzerem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
schwärzerer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
schwarzerer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
schwärzerem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
schwarzerem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
schwärzeren (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
schwarzeren (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
schwärzeren (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
schwarzeren (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
schwärzere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
schwarzere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
schwärzeres (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
schwarzeres (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
schwärzere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
schwarzere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der schwärzere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
der schwarzere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die schwärzere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
die schwarzere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das schwärzere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
das schwarzere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die schwärzeren (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
die schwarzeren (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des schwärzeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
des schwarzeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der schwärzeren (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
der schwarzeren (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des schwärzeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
des schwarzeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der schwärzeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
der schwarzeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem schwärzeren (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
dem schwarzeren (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der schwärzeren (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
der schwarzeren (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem schwärzeren (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
dem schwarzeren (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den schwärzeren (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den schwarzeren (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den schwärzeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
den schwarzeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die schwärzere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
die schwarzere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das schwärzere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
das schwarzere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die schwärzeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
die schwarzeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein schwärzerer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
ein schwarzerer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine schwärzere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
eine schwarzere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein schwärzeres (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
ein schwarzeres (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
schwärzeren (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine schwärzeren (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
schwarzeren (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine schwarzeren (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines schwärzeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eines schwarzeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer schwärzeren (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einer schwarzeren (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines schwärzeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
eines schwarzeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
schwärzeren (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner schwärzeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
schwarzeren (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner schwarzeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem schwärzeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einem schwarzeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer schwärzeren (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einer schwarzeren (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem schwärzeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
einem schwarzeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
schwärzeren (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen schwärzeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
schwarzeren (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen schwarzeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen schwärzeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einen schwarzeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine schwärzere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eine schwarzere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein schwärzeres (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
ein schwarzeres (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
schwärzeren (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine schwärzeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
schwarzeren (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine schwarzeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am schwärzesten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am schwarzesten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am schwärzesten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am schwarzesten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am schwärzesten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am schwarzesten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am schwärzesten (plural predicative superlative)
am schwarzesten (plural predicative superlative)
schwärzester (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzester (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzeste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzeste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzestes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzestes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzeste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
schwarzeste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
schwärzesten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzesten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzester (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzester (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzesten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzesten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzester (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
schwarzester (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
schwärzestem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzestem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzester (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzester (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzestem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzestem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzesten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
schwarzesten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
schwärzesten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzesten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzeste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzeste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzestes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
schwarzestes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
schwärzeste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
schwarzeste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der schwärzeste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
der schwarzeste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die schwärzeste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
die schwarzeste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das schwärzeste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
das schwarzeste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die schwärzesten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
die schwarzesten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des schwärzesten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
des schwarzesten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der schwärzesten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
der schwarzesten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des schwärzesten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
des schwarzesten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der schwärzesten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
der schwarzesten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem schwärzesten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
dem schwarzesten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der schwärzesten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
der schwarzesten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem schwärzesten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
dem schwarzesten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den schwärzesten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den schwarzesten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den schwärzesten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
den schwarzesten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die schwärzeste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
die schwarzeste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das schwärzeste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
das schwarzeste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die schwärzesten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
die schwarzesten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein schwärzester (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein schwarzester (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine schwärzeste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine schwarzeste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein schwärzestes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
ein schwarzestes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
schwärzesten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine schwärzesten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
schwarzesten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine schwarzesten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines schwärzesten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eines schwarzesten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer schwärzesten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einer schwarzesten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines schwärzesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
eines schwarzesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
schwärzesten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner schwärzesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
schwarzesten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner schwarzesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem schwärzesten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einem schwarzesten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer schwärzesten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einer schwarzesten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem schwärzesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
einem schwarzesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
schwärzesten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen schwärzesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
schwarzesten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen schwarzesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen schwärzesten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einen schwarzesten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine schwärzeste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eine schwarzeste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein schwärzestes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
ein schwarzestes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
schwärzesten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine schwärzesten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
schwarzesten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine schwarzesten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

From Middle High German swarz, from Old High German swarz, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd- (“dirty, dark, black”).
Compare Dutch zwart, English swart and swarthy, West Frisian swart, Danish sort.

der

(trick-taking card games) not having won any trick (or only tricks with zero points)


coup

(Re)borrowed in modern times from modern French coup (“blow, strike”), from Old French coup, colp, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus. Doublet of cope and colpus. The same Old French word had been borrowed into Middle English as coupe, caupe (with different pronunciation).

(bridge) One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.


eques

la-noun

eques m (genitive equitis); third declension

equitis (genitive)
eques (nominative singular)
equitēs (nominative plural)
equitis (genitive singular)
equitum (genitive plural)
equitī (dative singular)
equitibus (dative plural)
equitem (accusative singular)
equitēs (accusative plural)
equite (ablative singular)
equitibus (ablative plural)
eques (singular vocative)
equitēs (plural vocative)

From equus (“horse”) + -es (“-faring”). Compare pedes, mīles for similar formations.


monster

→ German: Monster

→ Japanese: モンスター (monsutā)

→ Korean: 몬스터 (monseuteo)

From Middle English monstre, from Old French monstre, mostre, moustre, from Latin mōnstrum.

non-player character
non-player character

(gaming) A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob


monster

en-verb

monster (third-person singular simple present monsters, present participle monstering, simple past and past participle monstered)

monsters (present singular third-person)
monstering (participle present)
monstered (participle past)
monstered (past)

Are you monstering that event?

(UK, live action roleplaying games) To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.


royal

en-adj

royal (comparative royaler or royaller, superlative royalest or royallest)

royaler (comparative)
royaller (comparative)
royalest (superlative)
royallest (superlative)

From Middle English royal, from Old French roial (Modern French royal), from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”). Doublet of regal (“befitting a king”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real. Displaced native Old English cynelīċ.

mbretëror

of or relating to a monarch or his family

Maharajah and the Sepoys pits a single royal amazon for white against a standard chess army for black.

(chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.


royal

(card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.


position

From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positio (“a putting, position”), from ponere, past participle positus (“to put, place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

positio

finance: amount of financial instruments held by someone

emergency position indicating radio beacon

emergency position indicating radio-beacon

emergency position indicating radiobeacon

(chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

(poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.

järjestys

poker: order in which players are seated around the table


clan

→ Catalan: clan

→ Danish: klan

→ Dutch: clan

→ French: clan
→ Turkish: klan

→ Galician: clan

→ German: Clan

→ Italian: clan

→ Norwegian Bokmål: klan

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: klan

→ Polish: klan

→ Russian: клан (klan)

→ Portuguese: clan, clã

→ Spanish: clan

→ Swedish: klan

Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant and planta.

отог

group of relatives with some degree of political organization

(video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.


clan

nl-noun

clan m (plural clans, diminutive clannetje n)

clans (plural)
clannetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: clan

→ Indonesian: klan

Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). As such, it is a doublet of plant (“plant, flora”).

(gaming) a group of gamers playing on the same team, a clan


GBA

(video games) Initialism of Game Boy Advance.


auction

From Latin auctiō (“an increase, auction”), from Latin augere (“to increase”).

(bridge) The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract.


mona

From earlier mamona, maimona, from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”).

der

a matching card game similar to Old Maid; also the loser and the losing card in this game


fou

Derived from Spanish alfil, from Arabic اَلْفِيل (al-fīl, “elephant; bishop (chess piece)”), influenced by Etymology 1.


ou

head

ou (masculine ouen, feminine, plural or definite oue)

From Old Frisian of, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab. Cognates include West Frisian ôf and German ab.


soldier

From Middle English soudeour, from Old French soudier or soudeour (“mercenary”), from Medieval Latin soldarius (“soldier (one having pay)”), from Late Latin solidus, a type of coin. Displaced Old English cempa (whence obsolete kemp).
(red herring): An allusion to soldiers' red uniforms; red herring is, reciprocally, a slang term for "soldier".

der

(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that moves and captures by advancing one point. Once it has crossed the river, it may also move and capture one point horizontally.


kula

kúla (canonical feminine)
ку́ла (Cyrillic)
kúla (nominative singular)
kule (nominative plural)
kule (genitive singular)
kula (genitive plural)
kuli (dative singular)
kulama (dative plural)
kulu (accusative singular)
kule (accusative plural)
kulo (singular vocative)
kule (plural vocative)
kuli (locative singular)
kulama (locative plural)
kulom (instrumental singular)
kulama (instrumental plural)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قله (kulle) (Turkish kule), from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).


ladies

As a lavatory for women, via misspelling of ladies'. Compare gents.

(poker slang, Texas hold 'em) An initial hand consisting of a pair of queens.


two fat ladies

(bingo) A traditional call for the number eighty-eight.


legs eleven

(bingo) A traditional call for the number eleven usually during the game Bingo.


scacchic

From Italian scacchi (“chess”); see -ic.

[…] for although Brunet y Bellet has indeed given a valuable description and reproduction of the Introductory portions of the scacchic part of that MS., he does not pretend to treat the positions of even that section, and has little or nothing to say about the pages filled with examples of other games.

1905, Willard Fiske, Chess in Iceland and Icelandic Literature, page 201:

The second theme to feed in from Bloodline is that of playing games. This is certainly true of the scacchic opening, […]

2006, Paul Kane, The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy, →ISBN, page 170:

In response to this barbarity, the philosopher Philometer invents chess, effectively replacing the body metaphor with the scacchic metaphor.

2008, Mark N. Taylor, “Mirror to the Polity”, in Review of Politics, →DOI:


bianca

(snooker) cue ball (more fully bilia bianca)


bleu

Haitian Creole: ble

→ Greek: μπλε (ble)

→ Italian: blu

→ Ladino: blu

Louisiana Creole: blé, ble

Inherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.


tycoon

Borrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon; cf. Street Fighter and later fighter (“game with a focus on physical combat”)).

Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.

Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a beige suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon.

1956, Delano Ames, chapter 24, in Crime out of Mind:

Tycoons / A game in which users build up some sort of business by earning money over time and then using that money on upgrades.

2013, Brandon LaRouche, Intermediate ROBLOX Lua Programming, Double Trouble Studio, →ISBN, page 172:

In most tycoons, you will find an automatic machine called a dropper, which is used for producing bricks.

2017, Christina Majaski, The Ultimate Unofficial Guide to Robloxing: Everything You Need to Know to Build Awesome Games!, New York, N.Y.: Sky Pony Press, →ISBN, page 65:

In my opinion, tycoons are great to create as your first game, but they take time to learn! The main tips are to keep the tycoon simple and stick with a theme.

2019, Roblox Guide to Success and Dominating the World of Roblox, Ro Books, →ISBN, page 13:

These experiences have fallen somewhat out of favor because once a tycoon is complete and all items are unlocked, there is not much of an incentive to continue playing. Updating these experiences can be a more difficult task, depending on how your tycoon is structured.

2022, Zander Brumbaugh, Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, 2nd edition, Packt, →ISBN, page 217:

“What should we play? Adopt Me, a tycoon, SCP, an obby?”

2022, Jessica Stone, Digital Play Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Comfort and Competence, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN:

The next most common game that we see inside Roblox are Tycoons.

2022, Heath Haskins, The Advanced Roblox Coding Book: An Unofficial Guide, Updated Edition: Learn How to Script Games, Code Objects and Settings, and Create Your Own World!, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 153:

massively multiplayer online game
massively multiplayer online game

(video games) A subgame within the massively multiplayer online game Roblox, involving the use of a base to generate bricks and cash (similar to an idle game or clicker game), which can then be used to purchase upgrades and expand.


rey

Chavacano: rey

Papiamentu: rey

→ San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: rey

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

en el reino de los ciegos, el tuerto es el rey


block

→ Dutch: block

→ German: Block

→ Irish: bloc

→ Manx: block

→ Maori: poraka

→ Norwegian: blokk

→ Polish: blok

desctree

→ Russian: блок (blok)
→ Armenian: բլոկ (blok)
→ Yakut: блок (blok)

→ Spanish: block

→ Vietnamese: lốc

From Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old Frisian blok, Old Saxon blok, Old High German bloh, bloc (“block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (“divider, partition”). More at balk. See also bloc, bulk.

طَابُوقَة

substantial often approximately cuboid piece

թաղամաս

group of buildings demarcated by streets

Something that prevents something from passing.

(backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.


ko

Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.

(go) A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.

Black wins the ko easily.

Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.

(go) a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone


press

en-noun

press (countable and uncountable, plural presses)

From Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)).

cog

He can even the match with a press.

The way a press works is, say you're two down after six holes; you can then start another bet (in effect another match) from the seventh hole, for the same amount, starting all square on the seventh tee.

When a side is two or more points down in the match, they may request a press.

2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Sports Betting, page 181:

(countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.


levantar

es-verb

levantar (first-person singular present levanto, first-person singular preterite levanté, past participle levantado)

levanto (first-person present singular)
levanté (first-person preterite singular)
levantado (participle past)
levantar (infinitive)
levantando (gerund)
levantado (masculine participle past singular)
levantada (feminine participle past singular)
levantados (masculine participle past plural)
levantadas (feminine participle past plural)
levanto (first-person indicative present singular)
levantas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
levantás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
levanta (indicative present singular third-person)
levantamos (first-person indicative plural present)
levantáis (indicative plural present second-person)
levantan (indicative plural present third-person)
levantaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
levantabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
levantaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
levantábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
levantabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
levantaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
levanté (first-person indicative preterite singular)
levantaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
levantó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
levantamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
levantasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
levantaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
levantaré (first-person future indicative singular)
levantarás (future indicative second-person singular)
levantará (future indicative singular third-person)
levantaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
levantaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
levantarán (future indicative plural third-person)
levantaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
levantarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
levantaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
levantaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
levantaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
levantarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
levante (first-person present singular subjunctive)
levantes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
levantés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
levante (present singular subjunctive third-person)
levantemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
levantéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
levanten (plural present subjunctive third-person)
levantara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
levantaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
levantara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
levantáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
levantarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
levantaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
levantase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
levantases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
levantase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
levantásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
levantaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
levantasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
levantare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
levantares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
levantare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
levantáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
levantareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
levantaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
levanta (imperative informal second-person singular)
levantá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
levante (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
levante (imperative singular third-person)
levantemos (first-person imperative plural)
levantad (imperative plural second-person)
levanten (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
levanten (imperative plural third-person)
levantes (imperative negative second-person singular)
levante (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
levante (imperative negative singular third-person)
levantemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
levantéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
levanten (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
levanten (imperative negative plural third-person)
levantarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
levantarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
levantarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
levantarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
levantarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
levantaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
levantarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
levantarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
levantarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
levantarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
levantarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
levantarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
levantarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
levantarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
levantaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
levantarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
levantarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
levantarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
levantándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
levantándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
levantándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
levantándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
levantándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
levantándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
levantándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
levantándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
levantándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
levantándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
levantándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
levantándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
levantándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
levantándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
levantándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
levantándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
levantándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
levantándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
levántame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
levántate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
levántale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
levántanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
levántales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
levántame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
levántate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
levántalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
levántala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
levántanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
levántalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
levántalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
levantame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
levantate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
levantale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
levantanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
levantales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
levantame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
levantate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
levantalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
levantala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
levantanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
levantalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
levantalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
levánteme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
levántele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
levántese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
levántenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
levánteles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
levánteme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
levántelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
levántela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
levántese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
levántenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
levántelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
levántelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
levantémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
levantémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
levantémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
levantémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
levantémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
levantémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
levantémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
levantémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
levantémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
levantémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
levantémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
levantémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
levantadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
levantadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
levantadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
levantaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
levantadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
levantadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
levantadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
levantadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
levantadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
levantaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
levantadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
levantadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
levántenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
levántenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
levántennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
levántenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
levántense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
levántenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
levántenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
levántenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
levántennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
levántenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
levántenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
levántense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Either from levante (corresponding to Latin levāntem), the old present participle of levar, itself the Old Spanish form of llevar, from Latin levō, levāre, or from a Vulgar Latin *levantāre, derived from levāns, levānte-, present participle of levō. Compare Portuguese and Galician levantar, Asturian llevantar, Romansch alvantar, leventar.


roc

From Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”).


roc

French: roc


roc

fro-noun

roc oblique singular, m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)

roc oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
ros (oblique plural)
ros (nominative singular)
roc (nominative plural)

Middle French: roc
French: roc

→ Middle English: rook

English: rook

→ Japanese: ルーク (rūku)

→ Korean: 룩 (ruk)

Borrowed from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rox).


šach-mat

Derived from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”).

der+

the words spoken at the end of a chess game by the winner, checkmate


šachovnica

sk-noun

šachovnica f (genitive singular šachovnice, nominative plural šachovnice, genitive plural šachovníc, declension pattern of ulica)

šachovnice (genitive singular)
šachovnice (nominative plural)
šachovníc (genitive plural)
ulica (declension-pattern-of)
šachovnica (nominative singular)
šachovnice (nominative plural)
šachovnice (genitive singular)
šachovníc (genitive plural)
šachovnici (dative singular)
šachovniciam (dative plural)
šachovnicu (accusative singular)
šachovnice (accusative plural)
šachovnici (locative singular)
šachovniciach (locative plural)
šachovnicou (instrumental singular)
šachovnicami (instrumental plural)


fade

en-verb

fade (third-person singular simple present fades, present participle fading, simple past and past participle faded)

fades (present singular third-person)
fading (participle present)
faded (participle past)
faded (past)

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

I tried to get some bets that y'all were fixin' to get married but nobody would fade me.

2016, Johnny Hughes, A Texas Beauty, Smart and Strong:

(transitive, gambling) To bet against (someone).


vanilla

en-noun

vanilla (countable and uncountable, plural vanillas)

Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream.

(uncountable, gaming, slang) An unmodded version of a game.


zo

From French os (“bones”). In French, the plural form os is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, os was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.


quinte

quinte flush


pack

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

(snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.


pack

en-verb

pack (third-person singular simple present packs, present participle packing, simple past and past participle packed)

packs (present singular third-person)
packing (participle present)
packed (participle past)
packed (past)

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”).

وَضَّبَ

to put things together for storage or transporting

Mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.

1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:

(transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage

stack

To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly


pad

pad (nominative singular)
pady (nominative plural)
padu (genitive singular)
padów (genitive plural)
padowi (dative singular)
padom (dative plural)
pad (accusative singular)
pady (accusative plural)
padem (instrumental singular)
padami (instrumental plural)
padzie (locative singular)
padach (locative plural)
padzie (singular vocative)
pady (plural vocative)


lapis

Lapis, opal, &c. are poliſh'd on a wooden wheel. To faſhion and Engrave vaſes of agate, cryſtal, lapis, or the like, they make uſe of a kind of lathe like that us'd by pewterers, excepting that as the pewterers lathe holds the veſſels, which are to be wrought with proper tools; that of the Engraver generally holds the tools which are turn'd by a wheel, and the veſſels held to them to be cut and engraven either in relievo or otherwiſe; [...]

1735, [John Barrow], “ENGRAVING”, in Dictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested. […], volume I (A–H), London: […] C[harles] Hitch and C[harles] Davis […], and S[amuel] Austen […], →OCLC:

French Bead Necklace of lapis or carnelian color, with crystal rondelles between each bead, graduated, 32 inches long.

1923 (reprinted 1993), Franklin Simon Fashion Catalog for 1923 (Franklin Simon & Co, New York), item number 53

That lapis lazuli in particular among the precious and semi-precious stones known from Mesopotamia was accorded considerable value in antiquity may be inferred from the archaeological record through association with high-status locii and goods. [...] deities receive votive gifts and booty of lapis, consisting of items of personal adornment and cult objects, while their temples are described as decorated with lapis or shining like lapis. [...] For example, the contents of the graves in the Royal Cemetery of Ur: [...] various objects employing inlay that include lapis among the insets, [...] Mari sent an emissary to acquire lapis from Lars.

2010, Irene Winter, editor, On Art in the Ancient Near East: From the Third Millennium B.C.E., page 291:

The buddha lands described in the Lotus share certain generic features: the ground is made of lapis or crystal; they are perfectly level, without mountains or valleys; they are free from all manner of filth, including the stench of latrines [...] The ground was made of lapis lazuli, [...]

2011, Daniel Boscaljon, Hope and the Longing for Utopia: Futures and Illusions in Theology and Narrative, page 99:


šach

šach (nominative singular)
šachy (nominative plural)
šachu (genitive singular)
šachů (genitive plural)
šachu (dative singular)
šachům (dative plural)
šach (accusative singular)
šachy (accusative plural)
šachu (singular vocative)
šachy (plural vocative)
šachu (locative singular)
šachách (locative plural)
šachem (instrumental singular)
šachy (instrumental plural)

Via Arabic, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh).


šach

šach (nominative singular)
šacha (dual nominative)
šachy (nominative plural)
šacha (genitive singular)
šachowu (dual genitive)
šachow (genitive plural)
šachoju (dative singular)
šachoma (dative dual)
šacham (dative plural)
šach (accusative singular)
šacha (accusative dual)
šachy (accusative plural)
šachom (instrumental singular)
šachoma (dual instrumental)
šachami (instrumental plural)
šachu (locative singular)
šachoma (dual locative)
šachach (locative plural)

From German Schach, from Middle High German schāch, from Arabic شاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”).


šach

šachowy (adjective)
šach (nominative singular)
šachaj (dual nominative)
šachi (nominative plural)
šacha (genitive singular)
šachow (dual genitive)
šachow (genitive plural)
šachej (dative singular)
šachomaj (dative dual)
šacham (dative plural)
šach (accusative singular)
šachaj (accusative dual)
šachi (accusative plural)
šachom (instrumental singular)
šachomaj (dual instrumental)
šachami (instrumental plural)
šachu (locative singular)
šachomaj (dual locative)
šachach (locative plural)
šacho (singular vocative)
šachaj (dual vocative)
šachi (plural vocative)


dobre

Bora começar com um dobre de sena.

(dominoes) double (tile where both ends have the same value):


mobile game

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(video games) An electronic game played using a cellular phone.


pique

The noun is borrowed from French pic, Middle French pic (“pique in the game of piquet; pike (tool)”), picq (“game of piquet”), from Vulgar Latin *pīccus (“sharp point, peak; pike, spike”), possibly from Frankish *pikk, *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pikjaz, *pīkaz (“sharp point, peak; pickaxe; pike”); further etymology unknown. Doublet of pike.
The verb is either derived from the noun (though the latter is attested in print later), or borrowed from French pic.

der

Flip[panta]. Hark thee, Braſs, the Game's in our hands, if we can but play the Cards. / Br[ass]. Pique and Repique, you Jade you: If the Wives will fall into a good Intelligence.

1705, [John Vanbrugh], The Confederacy. A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, pages 36–37:

(card games) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.


pique

en-verb

pique (third-person singular simple present piques, present participle piquing, simple past and past participle piqued)

piques (present singular third-person)
piquing (participle present)
piqued (participle past)
piqued (past)

My villainous old luck ſtill follovvs me in gaming, I never throvv the Dice out of my hand, but my Gold goes after 'em: if I go to Picquet, though it be but vvith a Novice in't, he vvill picque and repicque, and Capot me tvventy times together: […]

1667 August 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Dryden], Sr Martin Mar-all, or The Feign’d Innocence: A Comedy. […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1668, →OCLC, Act I, page 5:

He seemed perfectly to understand the beautiful game at which he played, but preferred, as it were on principle, the risking bold and precarious strokes to the ordinary rules of play, and neglecting the minor and better balanced chances of the game; he hazarded every thing for the chance of piqueing, repiqueing, or capotting his adversary.

1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 249–250:

(transitive, intransitive, card games, archaic or obsolete) To score a pique against (someone).


pique

→ German: Pik n

→ Macedonian: пик m (pik)

→ Serbo-Croatian: m

Cyrillic script: пи̏к

Latin script: pȉk

→ Slovene: pík

→ Polish: pik m

→ Russian: пи́ка f (píka)

→ Bulgarian: пи́ка f (píka)

quatre de pique


pique

Borrowed from Middle French picque (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).


sac

en-verb

sac (third-person singular simple present sacs, present participle sacking or saccing, simple past and past participle sacked or sacced)

sacs (present singular third-person)
sacking (participle present)
saccing (participle present)
sacked (participle past)
sacked (past)
sacced (participle past)
sacced (past)

Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.

I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.

(transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice.


sac

Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.

(transitive, informal, games) A sacrifice.


bana

bana (indefinite nominative singular)
banas (genitive indefinite singular)
banan (definite nominative singular)
banans (definite genitive singular)
banor (indefinite nominative plural)
banors (genitive indefinite plural)
banorna (definite nominative plural)
banornas (definite genitive plural)

From Middle Low German bāne, from Old Saxon *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.

Jag är fast på tredje banan


joystick

From joy + stick. First attested around 1910 (as joy-stick) as the control stick on an airplane. Its relation to the word joy is unclear.

unk

unclear

If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.

A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.


joystick

joystick (nominative singular)
joystickit (nominative plural)
joystick (accusative nominative singular)
joystickit (accusative nominative plural)
joystickin (accusative genitive singular)
joystickit (accusative genitive plural)
joystickin (genitive singular)
joystickien (genitive plural)
joystickia (partitive singular)
joystickeja (partitive plural)
joystickissa (inessive singular)
joystickeissa (inessive plural)
joystickista (elative singular)
joystickeista (elative plural)
joystickiin (illative singular)
joystickeihin (illative plural)
joystickilla (adessive singular)
joystickeilla (adessive plural)
joystickilta (ablative singular)
joystickeilta (ablative plural)
joystickille (allative singular)
joystickeille (allative plural)
joystickina (essive singular)
joystickeina (essive plural)
joystickiksi (singular translative)
joystickeiksi (plural translative)
joystickitta (abessive singular)
joystickeitta (abessive plural)
joystickein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
joystickini (nominative singular)
joystickini (nominative plural)
joystickini (accusative nominative singular)
joystickini (accusative nominative plural)
joystickini (accusative genitive singular)
joystickini (accusative genitive plural)
joystickini (genitive singular)
joystickieni (genitive plural)
joystickiani (partitive singular)
joystickejani (partitive plural)
joystickissani (inessive singular)
joystickeissani (inessive plural)
joystickistani (elative singular)
joystickeistani (elative plural)
joystickiini (illative singular)
joystickeihini (illative plural)
joystickillani (adessive singular)
joystickeillani (adessive plural)
joystickiltani (ablative singular)
joystickeiltani (ablative plural)
joystickilleni (allative singular)
joystickeilleni (allative plural)
joystickinani (essive singular)
joystickeinani (essive plural)
joystickikseni (singular translative)
joystickeikseni (plural translative)
joystickittani (abessive singular)
joystickeittani (abessive plural)
joystickeineni (comitative plural)
joystickisi (nominative singular)
joystickisi (nominative plural)
joystickisi (accusative nominative singular)
joystickisi (accusative nominative plural)
joystickisi (accusative genitive singular)
joystickisi (accusative genitive plural)
joystickisi (genitive singular)
joystickiesi (genitive plural)
joystickiasi (partitive singular)
joystickejasi (partitive plural)
joystickissasi (inessive singular)
joystickeissasi (inessive plural)
joystickistasi (elative singular)
joystickeistasi (elative plural)
joystickiisi (illative singular)
joystickeihisi (illative plural)
joystickillasi (adessive singular)
joystickeillasi (adessive plural)
joystickiltasi (ablative singular)
joystickeiltasi (ablative plural)
joystickillesi (allative singular)
joystickeillesi (allative plural)
joystickinasi (essive singular)
joystickeinasi (essive plural)
joystickiksesi (singular translative)
joystickeiksesi (plural translative)
joystickittasi (abessive singular)
joystickeittasi (abessive plural)
joystickeinesi (comitative plural)
joystickimme (nominative singular)
joystickimme (nominative plural)
joystickimme (accusative nominative singular)
joystickimme (accusative nominative plural)
joystickimme (accusative genitive singular)
joystickimme (accusative genitive plural)
joystickimme (genitive singular)
joystickiemme (genitive plural)
joystickiamme (partitive singular)
joystickejamme (partitive plural)
joystickissamme (inessive singular)
joystickeissamme (inessive plural)
joystickistamme (elative singular)
joystickeistamme (elative plural)
joystickiimme (illative singular)
joystickeihimme (illative plural)
joystickillamme (adessive singular)
joystickeillamme (adessive plural)
joystickiltamme (ablative singular)
joystickeiltamme (ablative plural)
joystickillemme (allative singular)
joystickeillemme (allative plural)
joystickinamme (essive singular)
joystickeinamme (essive plural)
joystickiksemme (singular translative)
joystickeiksemme (plural translative)
joystickittamme (abessive singular)
joystickeittamme (abessive plural)
joystickeinemme (comitative plural)
joystickinne (nominative singular)
joystickinne (nominative plural)
joystickinne (accusative nominative singular)
joystickinne (accusative nominative plural)
joystickinne (accusative genitive singular)
joystickinne (accusative genitive plural)
joystickinne (genitive singular)
joystickienne (genitive plural)
joystickianne (partitive singular)
joystickejanne (partitive plural)
joystickissanne (inessive singular)
joystickeissanne (inessive plural)
joystickistanne (elative singular)
joystickeistanne (elative plural)
joystickiinne (illative singular)
joystickeihinne (illative plural)
joystickillanne (adessive singular)
joystickeillanne (adessive plural)
joystickiltanne (ablative singular)
joystickeiltanne (ablative plural)
joystickillenne (allative singular)
joystickeillenne (allative plural)
joystickinanne (essive singular)
joystickeinanne (essive plural)
joystickiksenne (singular translative)
joystickeiksenne (plural translative)
joystickittanne (abessive singular)
joystickeittanne (abessive plural)
joystickeinenne (comitative plural)
joystickinsa (nominative singular)
joystickinsa (nominative plural)
joystickinsa (accusative nominative singular)
joystickinsa (accusative nominative plural)
joystickinsa (accusative genitive singular)
joystickinsa (accusative genitive plural)
joystickinsa (genitive singular)
joystickiensa (genitive plural)
joystickiaan (partitive singular)
joystickiansa (partitive singular)
joystickejaan (partitive plural)
joystickejansa (partitive plural)
joystickissaan (inessive singular)
joystickissansa (inessive singular)
joystickeissaan (inessive plural)
joystickeissansa (inessive plural)
joystickistaan (elative singular)
joystickistansa (elative singular)
joystickeistaan (elative plural)
joystickeistansa (elative plural)
joystickiinsa (illative singular)
joystickeihinsa (illative plural)
joystickillaan (adessive singular)
joystickillansa (adessive singular)
joystickeillaan (adessive plural)
joystickeillansa (adessive plural)
joystickiltaan (ablative singular)
joystickiltansa (ablative singular)
joystickeiltaan (ablative plural)
joystickeiltansa (ablative plural)
joystickilleen (allative singular)
joystickillensa (allative singular)
joystickeilleen (allative plural)
joystickeillensa (allative plural)
joystickinaan (essive singular)
joystickinansa (essive singular)
joystickeinaan (essive plural)
joystickeinansa (essive plural)
joystickikseen (singular translative)
joystickiksensa (singular translative)
joystickeikseen (plural translative)
joystickeiksensa (plural translative)
joystickittaan (abessive singular)
joystickittansa (abessive singular)
joystickeittaan (abessive plural)
joystickeittansa (abessive plural)
joystickeineen (comitative plural)
joystickeinensa (comitative plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

ubor

(especially gaming) Synonym of sauvaohjain (“joystick”)


joystick

joystick (nominative singular)
joysticki (nominative plural)
joysticku (genitive singular)
joysticków (genitive plural)
joystickowi (dative singular)
joystickom (dative plural)
joystick (accusative singular)
joysticki (accusative plural)
joystickiem (instrumental singular)
joystickami (instrumental plural)
joysticku (locative singular)
joystickach (locative plural)
joysticku (singular vocative)
joysticki (plural vocative)


equity

en-noun

equity (countable and uncountable, plural equities)

From Middle English equitee, equytee, from Old French equité, from Latin aequitās (“uniformity; impartiality; fairness”).

bonds

(in various financial and economic subsenses): debt; as stock in a company

(finance) Various senses related to net value

(poker) A player's expected share of the pot.

Various senses related to net value
A player's expected share of the pot.