misère

See also: misere, Misere, and miserê

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French misère. Doublet of misery.

Noun

misère (plural misères)

1. (card games, whist and others) A bid to lose every trick, or the majority of tricks, with no trumps.

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• misère ouvert

See also

• miser

Anagrams

• Meiers, Meiser, Siemer, remise

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin miseria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.zɛʁ/

• audio (la misère)

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Noun

misère f (plural misères)

1. misery
2. poverty

   Il a vécu pendant longtemps dans la misère.

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Descendants

• → German: Misere

Interjection

misère

1. dear me! dear Lord! oh boy! heavens! woe is me!

   Synonyms: seigneur, bon sang, bon Dieu

Further reading

• “misère” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• merise, remise, remisé