écarté

American  

[ey-kahr-tey, ey-kahr-tey, ey-kar-tey] / ˌeɪ kɑrˈteɪ, eɪˈkɑr teɪ, eɪ karˈteɪ /

noun

1. a card game for two players.

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écarté British  

/ ekarte, eɪˈkɑːteɪ /

noun

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

2. ballet

   1. a body position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body

   2. ( as adjective )

      the écarté position

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Etymology

Origin of écarté

Borrowed into English from French around 1815–25

Example Sentences

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écarté

Night after night, tables are there set out for loo, écarté, rouge et noir, or whatever may be called for—in a small way resembling the hells of Homburg, Baden, and Monaco—wanting only the women.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid

In the saloons of Paris you were constantly at the écarté tables, that cursed game, the chances of which have ruined so many persons.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various

There was a man there who used to cheat horribly at écarté.

From Ayala's Angel by Anthony Trollope

The French gentleman proposed écarté, but no one knew how to play it except his wife; who sat down with him to pass away the time.

From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat

The English aristocrat, male or female, cared only for cards, and no noble lady dreamed of remaining long in an assembly where piquet and écarté were not going on.

From Side Lights by Grant Allen