Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Atout carreau!

English translation:

Diamonds are trumps

Added to glossary by sporran
Sep 30, 2011 00:51
12 yrs ago
French term

Atout carreau!

Non-PRO French to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature terme du 'jeu de cartes'
Quand on joue aux cartes, on dit "Atout carreau!"....
Qu'est-ce que ca veut dire ca?
Quelle en est la situation?
(je sais bien 'carreau' veut dire 'daimond'... mais..)


Merci d'avance...
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 Diamonds are trumps
5 +1 diamonds are trump
Change log

Oct 5, 2011 13:53: sporran Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+6
2 hrs
Selected

Diamonds are trumps

Ça veut dire que tout carreau même petit est plus fort que toutes les autres couleurs. Dans certains jeux comme le bridge, la couleur la plus forte est annoncée par le preneur et celle-ci s'appelle l'atout.
Peer comment(s):

agree Timothy Rake
31 mins
Thanks, Timothy:-)
agree Tony M
2 hrs
Thanks, Tony:-)
agree Bourth (X) : Nah, "Diamonds are forever", "Diamonds are a girl's best friend", etc.
3 hrs
Of course:-)
agree Evans (X)
4 hrs
Thanks, Gilla:-)
agree Verginia Ophof
12 hrs
Thanks, Verginia:-)
agree french/english : Totally agree!!!!
18 hrs
Thanks, french/english:-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merci"
+1
20 hrs

diamonds are trump

Played cards all my life, in the States it's trump, not trumps....
Example sentence:

I call diamonds as trump.

Are diamonds trump?

Peer comment(s):

agree cc in nyc : yeah! another American!
1 hr
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