name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
piquet
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/pɪˈkɛt/
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/pɪˈkeɪ/
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rhymes with -ɛt
noun
Meaning 2
A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: card-games, games
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noun
Meaning 3
Archaic form of picket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
Meaning 4
Archaic form of picket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 5
a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: picket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: torture, torturing
noun
Meaning 6
a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: card game, cards
History
Etymology
From French Piquet.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 皮蓋 /皮盖 (Pígài) — Translations
- French: Piquet — Translations
- Portuguese: Piquet — Translations
- Spanish: Piquet — Translations
- Bulgarian: пикет (piket) — a game of cards
- Esperanto: pikedo — a game of cards
- Finnish: piketti — a game of cards
- French: piquet — a game of cards
- German: Piquet — a game of cards
- German: Pikett — a game of cards
- Ido: piketo — a game of cards
- Macedonian: пике́т (pikét) — a game of cards
- Russian: пике́т (pikét) — a game of cards
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