backgammon

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
2. (countable, uncountable) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.

Verb

To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.

Conceptos

backgammon

chaquete

tablas reales

Sinónimos

gammon

board game

checkers

rubber

acey-deucy

Backgammon

Traducciones

Backgammon

backgammon

τάβλι

backgammon

tavla

backgammon

gamão

nerdiludium

trictrac

backgammon

jacquet

طاولة

tric trac

tavola reale

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).