écarté

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

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

noun

a card game for two players.

Nearby words

ça va, çatal hüyük, çatalhüyük, çiller, éboulement, ecarte, échappé, échappée, éclair, éclaircissement, éclat

Origin of écarté

Borrowed into English from French around 1815–25

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Examples from the Web for ecarte

On the day after my adventure in the summer-house, he came in as I was playing a hand of ecarte with Fritz von Tarlenheim.
The Prisoner of Zenda|Anthony Hope
Have a game of ecarte till I come back, unless you would like to wait for me.
Virgin Soil|Ivan S. Turgenev
This he said in a whisper, and with a sidelong glance towards where Haggerstone sat at ecarte with the Pole.
The Daltons, Volume I (of II)|Charles James Lever
Florentine brought the money, which she obtained from Georges, who had just passed eight times at ecarte.
A Start in Life|Honore de Balzac

I owe the Russian Prince 300 louis, lost to him last night at ecarte.
The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for ecarte

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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Word Origin and History for ecarte

ecarte

card game for two played with 32 cards, 1824, from French écarté, literally "discarded," past participle of écarter "to discard," from e- (see ex-) + carte (see card (n.)).