backgammon
English
Etymology
Probably from back + Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BACKGAMMON gamen, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Old English#BACKGAMMON gamen (“amusement, game”).
Pronunciation
Noun
backgammon (countable and uncountable, plural backgammons)Category:English lemmas#BACKGAMMONCategory:English nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:English uncountable nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:English countable nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:English countable nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with entries#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BACKGAMMON
- A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 90:
- "I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do.Category:English terms with quotations#BACKGAMMON
- (backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
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Verb
backgammon (third-person singular simple present backgammons, present participle backgammoning, simple past and past participle backgammoned)Category:English lemmas#BACKGAMMONCategory:English verbs#BACKGAMMONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with entries#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BACKGAMMON
- To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
Further reading
backgammon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Asturian terms borrowed from English#BACKGAMMONCategory:Asturian terms derived from English#BACKGAMMON backgammon.
Pronunciation
Noun
backgammon m (uncountableCategory:Asturian uncountable nouns)Category:Asturian lemmas#BACKGAMMONCategory:Asturian nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#BACKGAMMONCategory:Asturian masculine nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with entries#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BACKGAMMON
- backgammon (board game)
Finnish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from English#BACKGAMMONCategory:Finnish terms derived from English#BACKGAMMON backgammon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbækɡɑm(ː)on/, [ˈbækɡɑ̝m(ː)o̞n]Category:Finnish 3-syllable words#BACKGAMMONCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#BACKGAMMON
- Rhymes: -ækɡɑmonCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ækɡɑmon#BACKGAMMONCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ækɡɑmon/3 syllables#BACKGAMMON
- Syllabification(key): back‧gam‧mon
- Hyphenation(key): back‧gam‧mon
Noun
backgammonCategory:Finnish lemmas#BACKGAMMONCategory:Finnish nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Finnish terms spelled with C#BACKGAMMONCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with entries#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BACKGAMMON
Declension
| Inflection of backgammon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | backgammon | backgammonit | |
| genitive | backgammonin | backgammonien backgammoneiden backgammoneitten | |
| partitive | backgammonia | backgammoneita backgammoneja | |
| illative | backgammoniin | backgammoneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | backgammon | backgammonit | |
| accusative | nom. | backgammon | backgammonit |
| gen. | backgammonin | ||
| genitive | backgammonin | backgammonien backgammoneiden backgammoneitten | |
| partitive | backgammonia | backgammoneita backgammoneja | |
| inessive | backgammonissa | backgammoneissa | |
| elative | backgammonista | backgammoneista | |
| illative | backgammoniin | backgammoneihin | |
| adessive | backgammonilla | backgammoneilla | |
| ablative | backgammonilta | backgammoneilta | |
| allative | backgammonille | backgammoneille | |
| essive | backgammonina | backgammoneina | |
| translative | backgammoniksi | backgammoneiksi | |
| abessive | backgammonitta | backgammoneitta | |
| instructive | — | backgammonein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “backgammon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:French terms borrowed from English#BACKGAMMONCategory:French terms derived from English#BACKGAMMON backgammon.
Pronunciation
Noun
backgammon m (uncountable)Category:French lemmas#BACKGAMMONCategory:French nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:French uncountable nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:French terms spelled with K#BACKGAMMONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BACKGAMMONCategory:French masculine nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with entries#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BACKGAMMON
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Category:fr:Backgammon#BACKGAMMONItalian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from English#BACKGAMMONCategory:Italian unadapted borrowings from English#BACKGAMMONCategory:Italian terms derived from English#BACKGAMMON backgammon.
Pronunciation
Noun
backgammon m (uncountable)Category:Italian lemmas#BACKGAMMONCategory:Italian nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Italian uncountable nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Italian terms spelled with K#BACKGAMMONCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BACKGAMMONCategory:Italian masculine nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with entries#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BACKGAMMON
- backgammon
- Synonyms: tric trac, tavola reale
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from English#BACKGAMMONCategory:Spanish unadapted borrowings from English#BACKGAMMONCategory:Spanish terms derived from English#BACKGAMMON backgammon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɡˈɡamon/ [baɣ̞ˈɣ̞a.mõn]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#BACKGAMMONCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#BACKGAMMON
- Rhymes: -amonCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/amon#BACKGAMMONCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/amon/3 syllables#BACKGAMMON
- Syllabification: back‧gam‧mon
Noun
backgammon m (uncountable)Category:Spanish lemmas#BACKGAMMONCategory:Spanish nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Spanish uncountable nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Spanish terms spelled with K#BACKGAMMONCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BACKGAMMONCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with entries#BACKGAMMONCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BACKGAMMON
- backgammon
- Synonyms: chanchullo, chaquete, tablas reales
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “backgammon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025