whist

(Anglès)

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.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/wɪst/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: 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”).

Conceptes

whist

Sinònims

long whist

short whist

nonvocal

short

skat

obmutescent

Traduccions

whist

whist

wist

Whist

uíste

whist

ουίστ

whist

wiezen

whist

cazurro

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