noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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ʹbăkgămən
/ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: backgammon, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: board game
History
Etymology
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
ана́рд
(anárd)
— board game
Albanian:
tavllë
— board game
Arabic:
طَاوِلَة
(ṭāwila)
— board game
Arabic:
نَرْد
(nard)
— board game
Arabic:
لُعْبَةُ طَاوِلَة
(luʕbatu ṭāwila)
— board game
Arabic:
طَاوِلَةُ زَهْر
(ṭāwilatu zahr)
— board game
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܢܵܪܕ݇ܬܲܚܬܵܐ
(nārtaḥtā)
— board game
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܬܲܚܬܝܼܢܵܪܕ
(taḥtīnārd)
— board game
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܬܲܚܬܝܼܣܘܼܠ
(taḥtīsūl)
— board game
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܛܵܘܠܵܐ
(ṭāwlā)
— board game
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic:
נַרְדְּשִׁיר
(nardəšīr)
— board game
Armenian:
նարդի
(nardi)
— board game
Asturian:
backgammon
— board game
Azerbaijani:
nərd
— board game
Azerbaijani:
şeş-beş
— board game
Belarusian:
на́рды
(nárdy)
— board game
Bulgarian:
та́бла
(tábla)
— board game
Catalan:
backgammon
— board game
Chechen:
нардаш
(nardaš)
— board game
Chinese Mandarin:
雙陸棋 /双陆棋
(shuānglùqí)
— board game
Czech:
vrhcáby
— board game
Danish:
backgammon
— board game
Dutch:
backgammon
— board game
Estonian:
triktrak
— board game
Finnish:
backgammon
— board game
French:
backgammon
— board game
Georgian:
ნარდი
(nardi)
— board game
German:
Backgammon
— board game
German:
Backgammon
— board game
Greek:
τάβλι
(távli)
— board game
Hebrew:
שֵׁשׁ בֵּשׁ
(shesh besh)
— board game
Hindi:
बैकगैमौन
(baikgaimaun)
— board game
Hindi:
नर्द
(nard)
— board game
Hungarian:
ostábla
— board game
Icelandic:
kotra
— board game
Irish:
táiplis mhór
— board game
Italian:
tavola reale
— board game
Italian:
backgammon
— board game
Italian:
tric trac
— board game
Italian:
tricche tracche
— board game
Italian:
sbaraglino
— board game
Italian:
sbaraglio
— board game
Japanese:
バックギャモン
(bakkugyamon)
— board game
Kazakh:
нарды
(nardy)
— board game
Korean:
백개먼
(baekgaemeon)
— board game
Northern Kurdish:
nerd
— board game
Kyrgyz:
нарды
(nardı)
— board game
Latin:
nerdiludium
— board game
Latvian:
nardi
— board game
Lithuanian:
nardai
— board game
Luxembourgish:
Backgammon
— board game
Macedonian:
та́бла
(tábla)
— board game
Malay:
backgammon
— board game
Mirandese:
gamon
— board game
Norwegian Bokmål:
backgammon
— board game
Pashto:
نرد
(nard)
— board game
Iranian Persian:
نَرْد
(nard)
— board game
Iranian Persian:
تَخْتِه نَرْد
(taxte nard)
— board game
Iranian Persian:
نَرْدَشیر
(nardašir)
— board game
