trictrac

See also: tric trac and tric-trac

English

Noun

trictrac (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of ticktack (“kind of backgammon”)

French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁik.tʁak/
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Noun

trictrac m (plural trictracs)

Le jeu de trictrac by Léonard Defrance
  1. a variant of backgammon, very popular during the XVIIth, XVIIIth centuries in aristocratic circles of France
    jouer au trictrac.
  2. the board used to play it
    Un trictrac d’ébène et d’ivoire.

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Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French trictrac.

Noun

trictrac n (plural trictracuri)

  1. backgammon

Declension
Declension of trictrac
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) trictrac trictracul (niște) trictracuri trictracurile
genitive/dative (unui) trictrac trictracului (unor) trictracuri trictracurilor
vocative trictracule trictracurilor
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