misère
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
misère (plural misères)
- (in Whist and other card games) A bid to lose every trick, or the majority of tricks, with no trumps.
Adjective[edit]
misère (not comparable)
- Played according to the reverse of the usual winning convention.
- A strategy in misère backgammon is to put six blots in a row.
- In which a player unable to move wins.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
misère f (plural misères)
Anagrams[edit]
External links[edit]
- “misère” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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