whist

(Inglés)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/wɪst/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: 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”).

Conceptos

whist

cazurro

Sinónimos

long whist

short whist

nonvocal

short

skat

obmutescent

Traducciones

whist

whist

wist

Whist

uíste

whist

ουίστ

wiezen

wist klasyczny

Uíste

whist

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