backgammon

== English == === Etymology === Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”). === Pronunciation === enPR: ʹbăkgămən, IPA(key): /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/ === Noun === backgammon (countable and uncountable, plural backgammons) A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board. (backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gammon ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== tick-tack tric-trac, trick-track === Verb === backgammon (third-person singular simple present backgammons, present participle backgammoning, simple past and past participle backgammoned) To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar. === Further reading === backgammon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Asturian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English backgammon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈɡamon/ [baˈɡa.mõŋ] Rhymes: -amon === Noun === backgammon m (uncountable) backgammon (board game) == Finnish == === Etymology === From English backgammon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbækɡɑm(ː)on/, [ˈbækɡɑ̝m(ː)o̞n] Rhymes: -ækɡɑmon Syllabification(key): back‧gam‧mon Hyphenation(key): back‧gam‧mon === Noun === backgammon backgammon ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “backgammon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English backgammon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bak.ɡa.mɔn/ === Noun === backgammon m (uncountable) backgammon ==== See also ==== trictrac == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English backgammon. === Pronunciation === === Noun === backgammon m (uncountable) backgammon Synonyms: tric trac, tavola reale == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English backgammon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baɡˈɡamon/ [baɣ̞ˈɣ̞a.mõn] Rhymes: -amon Syllabification: back‧gam‧mon === Noun === backgammon m (uncountable) backgammon Synonyms: chanchullo, chaquete, tablas reales ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “backgammon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025