backgammon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Verb 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 See also

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ʹbākgāmōn, IPA: /ˈbæk.gæm.ən/

[edit] Noun

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.

[edit] Related terms

• gammon

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• tick-tack
• tric-trac, trick-track

[edit] Verb

to 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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[edit] French

Wikipedia ^fr

[edit] Etymology

Borrowed from English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæk.gæm.ən/

[edit] Noun

backgammon m (usually uncountable)

1. backgammon

[edit] See also

• trictrac