misère

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From French misère.

[edit] Noun

misère (plural misères)

  1. (in Whist and other card games) A bid to lose every trick, with no trumps.

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misère (not comparable)

  1. Played according to the reverse of the usual winning convention.
    A strategy in misère backgammon is to put six blots in a row.
  2. In which a player unable to move wins.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin miseria.

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misère f. (plural misères)

  1. poverty
    Il a vécu pendant longtemps dans la misère.

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