backgammon

Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).

• enPR: ʹbākgāmōn, IPA^(key): /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/

A backgammon board shown in starting position.

backgammon (uncountable)

1. 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.
2. (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.

• gammon

• tick-tack
• tric-trac, trick-track

backgammon (third-person singular simple present backgammons, present participle backgammoning, simple past and past participle backgammoned)

1. 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.

• backgammon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English backgammon.

backgammon m (uncountable)

1. backgammon (board game)

From English backgammon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbækɡɑmːon/, [ˈbækɡɑmːo̞n], IPA^(key): /ˈbækɡɑmon/, [ˈbækɡɑmo̞n]
• Hyphenation: back‧gam‧mon

backgammon

1. backgammon

Borrowed from English backgammon.

• IPA^(key): /bak.ɡa.mɔn/

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backgammon m (uncountable)

1. backgammon

• trictrac

Borrowed from English backgammon.

backgammon m (invariable)

1. backgammon

• tric trac
• tavola reale

backgammon m (uncountable)

1. backgammon

• chanchullo
• chaquete
• tablas reales