name
Meaning 1
A nickname short for Ludovic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
ludo
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of Ludo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 3
A children's board game in which tokens are moved around a board.
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noun
Meaning 4
a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: board game
History
Etymology
Shortening of Ludovic.
Borrowed from Latin lūdō (“I play”).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: Mos u nxeh! — board game
- Assamese: লুডু (ludu) — board game
- Catalan: parxís — board game
- Chinese Mandarin: 英國十字戲 /英国十字戏 (Yīngguó shízì xì) — board game
- Czech: člověče nezlob se — board game
- Danish: ludo — board game
- Dutch: Mens erger je niet — board game
- Finnish: Ludo — board game
- Hindi: लूडो (lūḍo) — board game
- Hungarian: ki nevet a végén? — board game
- Polish: chińczyk — board game
- Punjabi: ਲੁੱਡੋ (luḍḍo) — board game
- Punjabi: لُڈّوْ (luḍḍo) — board game
- Spanish: parchís — board game
- Turkish: kızma birader — board game