meeple
Appearance
English
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Etymology
[edit]Blend of my + people. Coined by Alison Hansel in November 2000[1] during a game of Carcassonne on the South Shore of Massachusetts[2].
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiːpəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːpəl
Noun
[edit]meeple (plural meeples or meeple)
- A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:meeple.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]wooden token with a human shape used by a player in a board game
References
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- English blends
- English terms coined by Alison Hansel
- English coinages
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːpəl
- Rhymes:English/iːpəl/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- en:Board games