User:DCDuring/Appendix:English playing card naming

52-card French deck

This common deck is used for poker, bridge, and many other common Western card games. It is sometimes supplemented with one or more additional unsuited cards, commonly called joker.

The names of the cards are of the form "[rank] of [suit]". The most common names are in the tables below. Synonyms for the rank and suit names can be substituted.

Example set of 52 poker playing cards

Suit	Ace	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Jack	Queen	King
Clubs
Diamonds
Hearts
Spades

Synonyms

• (spades): pikes
• (hearts):
• (diamonds): squares
• (clubs): clovers, flowers
• (ace):
• (2): deuce
• (3): trey
• (4): cater
• (5): cinque
• (6): sice
• (jack): knave

Example set of 52 poker playing cards

Suit	Ace	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Jack	Queen	King
Clubs	ace of clubs	two of clubs	three of clubs	four of clubs	five of clubs	six of clubs	seven of clubs	eight of clubs	nine of clubs	ten of clubs	jack of clubs	queen of clubs	king of clubs
Diamonds	ace of diamonds	two of diamonds	three of diamonds	four of diamonds	five of diamonds	six of diamonds	seven of diamonds	eight of diamonds	nine of diamonds	ten of diamonds	jack of diamonds	queen of diamonds	king of diamonds
Hearts	ace of hearts	two of hearts	three of hearts	four of hearts	five of hearts	six of hearts	seven of hearts	eight of hearts	nine of hearts	ten of hearts	jack of hearts	queen of hearts	king of hearts
Spades	ace of spades	two of spades	three of spades	four of spades	five of spades	six of spades	seven of spades	eight of spades	nine of spades	ten of spades	jack spades	queen of spades	king of spades

See also

• Playing cards on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Suit (cards) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia