poker

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊkɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊkə/ Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From poke + -er. ==== Noun ==== poker (plural pokers) A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. [from earlier 16th c.] Synonyms: firestick, stoker, (obsolete) fire pike (historical) A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings. One who pokes. A kind of duck, the pochard. (MLE, slang) A knife. Synonyms: jook, jooker, ching, ying, bassy, rambo, pokey, chete, shank, nank, splash, splasher, cheffer, wetter (UK, slang, obsolete) A bedel (who carries a silver mace). Synonym: silver poker 1841, George John Daire, The Rime of the New-made Baccalere On seats with velvet lined, / Sat Heads of Houses in a row, / And Deans and College Dons below, / With a Poker or two behind. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== poker (third-person singular simple present pokers, present participle pokering, simple past and past participle pokered) (transitive) To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle. ==== Further reading ==== Fireplace poker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century. ==== Noun ==== poker (countable and uncountable, plural pokers) (card games) Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game. [from earlier 19th c.] (card games) All the four cards of the same rank. (soccer, rare) The scoring of four goals by a player in one match. Synonym: haul ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== when the chips are down ===== See also ===== three card brag ==== Verb ==== poker (third-person singular simple present pokers, present participle pokering, simple past and past participle pokered) To play poker. ==== Further reading ==== Poker (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 3 === Compare Danish pokker (“the deuce, devil”), and English puck. ==== Noun ==== poker (plural pokers) (US, colloquial) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. === References === === Anagrams === Koper, Perko, Repko, proke == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poker/ [po.ker] Rhymes: -oker, -er Hyphenation: po‧ker === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== poker inan (Northern) belch Synonyms: korrokada, korroskada ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== poker inan poker ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “poker”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “poker”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English poker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpokr̩] Hyphenation: po‧ker === Noun === poker m inan poker ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English poker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpoˀɡʌ] === Noun === poker c (singular definite pokeren, not used in plural form) (card games) poker ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== pokerspil pokeransigt pokerspiller pokerfjæs strippoker ==== See also ==== === References === “poker” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoː.kər/ Hyphenation: po‧ker Rhymes: -oːkər === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English poker, perhaps from the first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. ==== Noun ==== poker n (uncountable, no diminutive) poker (card game) === Etymology 2 === From poken +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== poker m (plural pokers, diminutive pokertje n) somebody who pokes a fire === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== poker inflection of pokeren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === koper, krope == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English poker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔ.kɛʁ/ === Noun === poker m (plural pokers) (card games) poker === Further reading === “poker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English poker. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpokər/ [ˈpo.kər] Rhymes: -okər Syllabification: po‧ker === Noun === poker (plural poker-poker) (card games) poker === Further reading === “poker”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Alternative forms === pocher (rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from English poker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.ker/ Rhymes: -ɔker Hyphenation: pò‧ker === Noun === poker m (invariable) (card games) poker (card games, poker) four of a kind (metonymic, uncountable) the act of playing poker (metonymic) a game of poker ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === poker in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English poker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.kɛr/ Rhymes: -ɔkɛr Syllabification: po‧ker === Noun === poker m inan poker straight flush poker królewski ― royal flush ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “poker”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “poker”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Noun === poker m (uncountable) alternative spelling of pôquer alternative spelling of póquer === Further reading === “poker”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English poker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pǒker/ Hyphenation: po‧ker === Noun === pòker m inan (Cyrillic spelling по̀кер) poker (card game) ==== Declension ==== === References === “poker”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Slovene == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pòːkər/ === Noun === pọ́kər m inan poker (card game) (poker) four of a kind ==== See also ==== == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English poker. See also Spanish póquer. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpokeɾ/ [ˈpoː.xɛɾ] Rhymes: -okeɾ Syllabification: po‧ker === Noun === poker (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃᜒᜇ᜔) (card games) poker (card game) ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “poker”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “poker”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 English, Leo James (1987), Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1060 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 469 == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish پوكر (poker), from English poker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpo.cæɾ/, /ˈpo.cɛɾ/ Hyphenation: po‧ker === Noun === poker (definite accusative pokeri, plural pokerler) poker ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “poker”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “poker”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “poker”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı