misère

Borrowed from French misère. Doublet of misery.

misère (plural misères)

1. (card games, whist and others) A bid to lose every trick, or the majority of tricks, with no trumps.

misère (not comparable)

1. Played according to the reverse of the usual winning convention.

   A strategy in misère backgammon is to put six blots in a row.

2. In which a player unable to move wins.

• misère ouvert

• miser

• Meiser, Siemer, remise

Borrowed from Latin miseria.

• IPA^(key): /mi.zɛʁ/

• audio (la misère)

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misère f (plural misères)

1. misery
2. poverty

   Il a vécu pendant longtemps dans la misère.

misère

1. dear me! dear Lord! oh boy! heavens! woe is me!

   Synonyms: seigneur, bon sang, bon Dieu

• “misère” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• merise, remise, remisé