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Webster 1913 Edition

backgammon

back′gamˊmon

,
Noun.
[Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan.
bakke
tray + E.
game
; or very likely the first part is from E.
back
, adv., and the game is so called because the men are often set
back
.]
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a “board” marked off into twenty-four spaces called “points”. Each player has fifteen pieces, or “men”, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called
tables
.
backgammon board
,
a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two “tables”.

Webster 1828 Edition

Backgammon

BACKGAM'MON

,
Noun.
A game played by two persons, upon a table, with box and dice. The table is in two parts, on which are 24 black and white spaces, called points. Each player has 15 men of different colors for the purpose of distinction.

Definition 2024

Backgammon

Backgammon

See also: backgammon

German

Noun

Backgammon n ‎(genitive Backgammons, no plural)

  1. backgammon

Declension

backgammon

backgammon

See also: Backgammon

English

Noun

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.

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Verb

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.

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowing from English backgammon.

Noun

backgammon m ‎(uncountable)

  1. backgammon (board game)

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English backgammon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/

Noun

backgammon m ‎(uncountable)

  1. backgammon

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English backgammon.

Noun

backgammon m ‎(invariable)

  1. backgammon

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Spanish

Noun

backgammon m ‎(uncountable)

  1. backgammon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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