backgammon

See also Backgammon

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: ʹbākgāmōn, IPA: /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/

Noun

A backgammon board shown in starting position.

backgammon (uncountable)

1. 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. (backgammon) 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.

Related terms

• gammon

Translations

board game

Alsatian: Backgammon n. Arabic: طاولة (ar) (Taawila) f. Armenian: նարդի (hy) (nardi) Asturian: backgammon m. Azeri: nərd (az) Bosnian: tavla (bs) f., triktrak (bs) m. Bulgarian: табла (bg) (tabla) f. Catalan: backgammon (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 雙陸棋 (cmn), 双陆棋 (cmn) (shuānglùqí) Czech: vrhcáby (cs) m. pl. Danish: backgammon (da) n. Dutch: backgammon (nl) n. Finnish: backgammon (fi) French: backgammon (fr) m. Georgian: ნარდი (ka) (nardi) German: Backgammon (de) n. Greek: τάβλι (el) (tavli) n. Hebrew: שש בש (he) (shash bash) Hungarian: ostábla (hu)

Italian: backgammon (it) m., tric trac (it) m., tavola reale (it) f. Japanese: バックギャモン (ja) (bakkugyamon) Korean: 주사위 놀이 (ko) (jusawi nori) Latin: nerdiludium (la) m. Luxembourgish: Backgammon n. Macedonian: табла (mk) (tábla) f. Norwegian: backgammon (no) n. Persian: نرد (fa) (nard) Polish: tryktrak (pl) m. Portuguese: gamão (pt) m. Russian: нарды (ru) (nárdy) m. pl., триктрак (ru) (trictrac) m. Scottish Gaelic: tàileasg (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: тавла (sr) f., триктрак (sr) m. Roman: tavla f., triktrak m. Slovene: backgammon (sl) m. Spanish: backgammon (es) m. Swedish: backgammon (sv) n. Turkish: tavla (tr) n. Urdu: نرد (ur) (nard) m.

See also

• tick-tack
• tric-trac, trick-track

Verb

backgammon (third-person singular simple present backgammons, present participle backgammoning, simple past and past participle backgammoned)

1. 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.

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowed from English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/

Noun

backgammon m. (usually uncountable)

1. backgammon

See also

• trictrac

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

backgammon m. inv.

1. backgammon

Synonyms

• tric trac
• tavola reale