backgammon
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backgammon
- /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/
Where it comes from
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
noun backgammons
- A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board. "I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do.
- A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb backgammons · backgammoning · backgammoned
- To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
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noun board game
| Español | backgammon |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 백개먼 baekgaemeon |
| 日本語 | バックギャモン bakkugyamon |
| 中文 | 雙陸棋 /双陆棋 shuānglùqí |
| हिन्दी | बैकगैमौन baikgaimaun, नर्द nard |
| Português | gamão |
| Français | backgammon |
| Deutsch | Backgammon |
| Italiano | tavola reale, backgammon, tric trac, tricche tracche, sbaraglino, sbaraglio |
| Ελληνικά | τάβλι távli |
| Română | table |
| Русский | на́рды nárdy, триктра́к triktrák |
| العربية | طَاوِلَة ṭāwila, نَرْد nard, لُعْبَةُ طَاوِلَة luʕbatu ṭāwila, طَاوِلَةُ زَهْر ṭāwilatu zahr |
| עברית | שֵׁשׁ בֵּשׁ shesh besh |
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title = {backgammon},
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