ace of clubs

Ace of clubs

English

Noun

ace of clubs (plural aces of clubs)

1. One of the 52 playing cards from a standard pack as used for bridge and poker, with a single pip, with a nominal value of 1, and with the clubs suit.
   • 1823, Encyclopaedia Britannica, V7, The Dioptrical Paradox, p.245

     Its effect is, that a print, or an ornamented drawing, with any object, such as an ace of diamonds. etc. in the centre F, (fig 6.) will be seen as the ace of clubs when it is placed in the machine ABCD, and viewed through a single glass only contained in the tube E.

Translations

playing card

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梅花A (cmn)

• Danish: klør es (da)
• Esperanto: trefa aso (eo)
• Finnish: ristiässä (fi)
• French: as de trèfle (fr)
• German: Kreuz-Ass (de) n

• Italian: asso di fiori (it) m
• Jèrriais: as dé trêfl'ye m
• Russian: трефо́вый туз (ru) (trefо́vyj tuz) m, туз треф (ru) (tuz tref) m
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: as de tréboles (es) m
• Swedish: klöver ess (sv) n
• Vietnamese: át chuồn (vi), also át nhép (vi)

Synonyms

• 🃑

Abbreviations

• A♣