trente et quarante

American  

[trahnt ey kuh-rahnt, trahn tey ka-rahnt] / ˈtrɑnt eɪ kəˈrɑnt, trɑ̃ teɪ kaˈrɑ̃t /

noun

1. rouge et noir.

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trente et quarante British  

/ trɑ̃t e karɑ̃t /

noun

1. another name for rouge et noir

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Etymology

Origin of trente et quarante

Borrowed into English from French around 1665–75

Example Sentences

After two hours devoted to the impassive scrutiny of a spinning roulette wheel and the cards in another game called trente et quarante, the two departed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now he bought a ticket, however, and having written his name upon it, followed Carleton at a little distance, to a door at the far end of the trente et quarante rooms.

From The Guests Of Hercules by Bracker, M. Leone

There were tables for both roulette and trente et quarante, the playing beginning each day at eleven in the morning and continuing without intermission until eleven at night.

From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

Baccarat's a safer game than roulette or trente et quarante, I begin to think, and I could adapt the system——" "Never mind the system now!

From The Guests Of Hercules by Bracker, M. Leone

Roulette and trente et quarante bored him now, though the great game in Wall Street still had power over his nerves, when he was in the thick of it.

From The Guests Of Hercules by Bracker, M. Leone