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Jeux de cartes
A deck of cards offers the opportunity to play a variety of games and maybe even practice your French. Here’s some vocabulary that can help.
| Cards | Cartes | |
| deck of cards | un jeu de cartes un paquet de cartes |
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| playing card | une carte à jouer | |
| suit | une enseigne | |
| clubs | les trèfles | |
| diamonds | les carreaux | |
| hearts | les cœurs | |
| spades | les piques | |
| face card | une figure un habillé un honneur une tête |
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| ace | un As | |
| king | un Roi | |
| queen | une Dame | |
| jack | un Valet | |
| joker | un joker | |
| wild card | un joker |
Note that when naming a card, the suit is singular in French but plural in English.
Par exemple …
| le Roi de cœur | the king of hearts | |
| l’As de pique | the ace of spades |
Number cards (as opposed to face cards, above) are simply the French number.
Par exemple …
| le deux de carreau | the two of diamonds | |
| le neuf de trèfle | the nine of clubs | |
| a game of cards | une partie de cartes | |
| ante | la première mise | |
| bid | une demande une annonce |
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| dealer | le donneur la donneuse |
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| flush | une couleur | |
| four of a kind | un carré | |
| full house | une main pleine un Full |
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| hand | une main | |
| high card | la carte la plus haute | |
| pair | une paire | |
| player | le joueur la joueuse |
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| three of a kind | un brelan | |
| straight | une quinte une séquence une suite |
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| straight flush | une quinte flush | |
| trump | un atout |
Par exemple …
| un brelan de Rois | three kings | |
| un carré de trois | four threes | |
| un Full aux Valets par les quatre | full house, jacks over fours | |
| Verbs | Verbes | |
| to ante | miser augmenter la mise |
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| to bet | parier | |
| to bid | demander | |
| to bluff | bluffer | |
| to call | appeler | |
| to deal | distribuer donner |
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| to discard | se défausser | |
| to draw | tirer | |
| to fold | abandonner | |
| to lose | perdre | |
| to pass | passer | |
| to play | jouer à | |
| to win | gagner |
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