écarté

[ ey-kahr-tey; British ey-kahr-tey; French ey-kar-tey ]

/ ˌeɪ kɑrˈteɪ; British eɪˈkɑr teɪ; French eɪ karˈteɪ /

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noun

a card game for two players.

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Origin of écarté

Borrowed into English from French around 1815–25

Words nearby écarté

ecad, ecalcarate, e-car, e-card, ecarinate, écarté, e-cash, Ecatepec de Morelos, ecaudate, ECB, Ecbatana

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How to use écarté in a sentence

A fine gambler as well, losing games of ecarte at five thousand francs the fish without flinching.
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet
Suspecting some minor peril, I left the ecarte players, and joined the gentleman in the dinner-jacket.
Simon the Jester|William J. Locke
These were for those who preferred to play piquet or ecarte, two or three couples being so engaged.
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret|G. A. Henty
Any day a countess or an actress or a run of luck at ecarte might set him up with an outfit worthy of a king.
The Magic Skin|Honore de Balzac

Madame Descoings had promised Bixiou, her so-called step-son, that the young people should play at ecarte.
The Two Brothers|Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for écarté

écarté

/ (eɪˈkɑːteɪ, French ekarte) /

noun

a card game for two, played with 32 cards and king high

ballet

a body position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body
(as adjective)the écarté position

Word Origin for écarté

C19: from French, from écarter to discard, from carte card 1

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