Phrase guide

jack of spades

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /dʒæk.əv.speɪdz/

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noun

Meaning 1

One of the 52 playing cards in a standard deck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: card-games, games

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History

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: віновы валет (vinóvy valjet) — playing card
  • Belarusian: пі́кавы валет (píkavy valjet) — playing card
  • Danish: spar knægt — playing card
  • Dutch: schoppenboer — playing card
  • Esperanto: pika fanto — playing card
  • Faroese: spaðardrongur — playing card
  • Finnish: patasotilas — playing card
  • French: valet de pique — playing card
  • German: Pikbube — playing card
  • German: Schippenbube — playing card
  • Greek: φάντης μπαστούνι (fántis bastoúni) — playing card
  • Hindi: हुक्म का ग़ुलाम (hukm kā ġulām) — playing card
  • Hungarian: pikk bubi — playing card
  • Mongolian: гилийн боол (giliin bool) — playing card
  • Navajo: sóóda asbáala — playing card
  • Portuguese: valete de espadas — playing card
  • Romanian: valet de pică — playing card
  • Russian: вале́т пик (valét pik) — playing card
  • Russian: пи́ковый вале́т (píkovyj valét) — playing card
  • Spanish: valet de picos — playing card
  • Spanish: sota de picos — playing card
  • Spanish: sota de picas — playing card
  • Swedish: spader knekt — playing card
  • Tagalog: sotang ispada — playing card
  • Vietnamese: bồi bích — playing card