backgammon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- ʹbăkgămən
- /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
"I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 90:
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| backgammons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Dutch backgammon · Russian backgammon
Relateds
gammon · tric-trac · trick-track · tick-tack
Translations (84)
de Backgammon (board game) · ru триктра́к (board game) · sl backgammon (board game) · mwl gamon (board game) · lt nardai (board game) · sh та̀вла (board game) · hu ostábla (board game) · aii ܢܵܪܕ݇ܬܲܚܬܵܐ (board game) · ca backgammon (board game) · az şeş-beş (board game) · he שֵׁשׁ בֵּשׁ (board game) · it tricche tracche (board game) · ka ნარდი (board game) · hi नर्द (board game) · ja バックギャモン (board game) · pl nardy (board game) · nl backgammon (board game) · kk нарды (board game) · th แบ็กแกมมอน (board game) · la nerdiludium (board game) · nb backgammon (board game) · fa-ira تَخْتِه نَرْد (board game) · kmr nerd (board game) · sq tavllë (board game) · hi बैकगैमौन (board game) · tmr נַרְדְּשִׁיר (board game) · tg нард (board game) · sh triktrȁk (board game) · uk на́рди (board game) · ko 백개먼 (board game) · it sbaraglino (board game) · ps نرد (board game) · bg та́бла (board game) · it tric trac (board game) · ar طَاوِلَةُ زَهْر (board game) · fi backgammon (board game) · it tavola reale (board game) · it backgammon (board game) · is kotra (board game) · ro table (board game) · fa-ira نَرْدَشیر (board game) · ar لُعْبَةُ طَاوِلَة (board game) · es backgammon (board game) · sv backgammon (board game) · ky нарды (board game) · et triktrak (board game) · ar طَاوِلَة (board game) · az nərd (board game) · sh триктра̏к (board game) · it sbaraglio (board game) · el τάβλι (board game) · be на́рды (board game) · mk та́бла (board game) · pa ਬੈਕਗੈਮਨ (board game) · lv nardi (board game) · fr backgammon (board game) · tr tavla (board game) · ast backgammon (board game) · pt gamão (board game) · tl bakgamon (board game) · fa-ira نَرْد (board game) · cmn 雙陸棋 /双陆棋 (board game) · cs vrhcáby (board game) · ar نَرْد (board game) · tr nert (board game) · sh tàvla (board game) · hy նարդի (board game) · aii ܬܲܚܬܝܼܣܘܼܠ (board game) · ur نَرْد (board game) · ce нардаш (board game) · pl tryktrak (board game) · da backgammon (board game) · lb Backgammon (board game) · ur تَخْتَۂ نَرْد (board game) · ab ана́рд (board game) · aii ܛܵܘܠܵܐ (board game) · ru на́рды (board game) · ms backgammon (board game) · gd tàileasg (board game) · sk backgammon (board game) · aii ܬܲܚܬܝܼܢܵܪܕ (board game) · gsw Backgammon (board game) · ga táiplis mhór (board game) · uz narda (board game)