whist

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
2. (countable, uncountable) A session of playing this card game.

Intj

Alternative spelling of whisht. Silence!, quiet!, hush!, shhh!, shush!

Verb

1. (rare, transitive) To hush or shush; to still.
2. (intransitive, rare) To become silent.

Adj

Silent, hushed.

Sinonieme

long whist

short whist

nonvocal

short

skat

obmutescent

Vertalings

whist

whist

Whist

uíste

whist

ουίστ

whist

wiezen

Uíste

whist

cazurro

vist

içten içe güdülen

الهويست

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wɪst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: whist

In summary

Alteration of whisk, perhaps so called from the notion of “whisking” up cards after each trick. Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist (“silent”).