vingt-et-un
The card game pontoonThe card game pontoon.
/vænteɪˈʌn/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The card game pontoon.
More definitions
- a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”).Unadapted borrowing from French vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”).
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21:blackjacktwenty-one
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.