adj
Meaning 1
Silent, hushed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Standard Lemma guide
whist
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈwɪst/ wine–whine merger
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/ˈʍɪst/ without the wine–whine merger
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[ˈw̥ɪst] without the wine–whine merger
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rhymes with -ɪst
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homophone: wist (wine–whine merger)
intj
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of whisht. Silence!, quiet!, hush!, shhh!, shush!
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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intj
Meaning 3
Onomatopoeia for slicing.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A session of playing this card game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
To hush or shush; to still.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To become silent.
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Usage: intransitive, rare
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noun
Meaning 8
a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: long whist, short whist
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Broader terms: card game, cards
Narrower terms: dummy whist, hearts, Black Maria
History
Etymology
From Middle English whist (“silent”), possibly onomatopoeic.
Alteration of whisk, perhaps so called from the notion of “whisking” up cards after each trick. Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist (“silent”).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: վիստ (vist) — card game
- Bulgarian: вист (vist) — card game
- Czech: whist — card game
- Danish: whist — card game
- Dutch: wiezen — card game
- Finnish: visti — card game
- Finnish: tuppi — card game
- French: whist — card game
- German: Whist — card game
- Greek: ουίστ (ouíst) — card game
- Icelandic: vist — card game
- Ido: wisto — card game
- Macedonian: ви́ст (víst) — card game
- Polish: wist — card game
- Russian: вист (vist) — card game
Real reading context