whist

== English == === Pronunciation === (wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɪst/ (without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈʍɪst/, [ˈw̥ɪst] Rhymes: -ɪst Hyphenation: whist Homophone: wist (wine–whine merger) === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== whist (countable and uncountable, plural whists) Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge. A session of playing this card game. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== whist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Whist in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === Etymology 2 === From Middle English whist (“silent”), possibly onomatopoeic. ==== Interjection ==== whist Alternative spelling of whisht. Silence!, quiet!, hush!, shhh!, shush! Onomatopoeia for slicing. ==== Verb ==== whist (third-person singular simple present whists, present participle whisting, simple past and past participle whisted) (transitive, rare) To hush or shush; to still. (intransitive, rare) To become silent. ==== Adjective ==== whist (comparative more whist, superlative most whist) (rare) Silent, hushed. === References === === Anagrams === Whits, swith, whits, wisht, withs == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English whist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɪst] === Noun === whist m inan whist ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “whist”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “whist”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “whist”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === From English whist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vest/, [ˈʋesd̥] Homophones: vidst, vist === Noun === whist c (singular definite whisten, not used in plural form) whist (a card game) ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English whist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wist/ === Noun === whist m (uncountable) whist === Further reading === “whist”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English whist. === Noun === whist m (invariable) whist (card game)