reversi

English

A reversi board set up for the start of a game.

Etymology

So named because the playing pieces have two differently colored sides, which are reversed when captured to indicate that they are now the capturer's.

Noun

reversi (uncountable)

1. A strategy game for two players, areas of the board being captured by surrounding rows of the opponent's pieces with one's own.
2. The card game reversis.

Synonyms

• Othello (a trademark)

Translations

board game

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• Swedish: Othello n, reversi (sv)

Anagrams

• reivers, reviser, rievers

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) reversī

1. nominative masculine plural of reversus
2. genitive masculine singular of reversus
3. genitive neuter singular of reversus
4. vocative masculine plural of reversus