en plein

/ (French ɑ̃ plɛ̃) /


adjective, adverb(postpositive)
  1. (of a gambling bet) placed entirely on a single number, etc

Origin of en plein

1
from French: in full

Words Nearby en plein

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How to use en plein in a sentence

  • "Quatre premiers et quatre en plein," repeated Nancy, mechanically.

    The Devourers | Annie Vivanti Chartres
  • She leaned across and with trembling fingers backed number fourteen en plein, with all the carrés and chevaux.

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • This time he staked on twenty-nine, with the maximum en plein and all the carrés and chevaux.

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Yet even here the traveller finds himself already in many ways en plein Orient.

    The Mediterranean | T. G. (Thomas Gray) Bonney, E. A. R. Ball, H. D. Traill, Grant Allen, and Arthur Griffiths
  • But she was determined to make it substantially a picture en plein air.

    The History of David Grieve | Mrs. Humphry Ward