Piquet — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards

a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɪkeɪ/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɪkeɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɪkeɪ/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɪkeɪ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

picket

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

juego de los cientos

un juego de cartas para dos jugadores usando un paquete reducido de 32 cartas

🇮🇹Italian

picchetto

un gioco di carte per due giocatori che utilizza un mazzo ridotto di 32 carte

🇳🇱Dutch

piket

een kaartspel voor twee spelers met een beperkt pakket van 32 kaarten

🇵🇹Portuguese

piquete

um jogo de cartas para dois jogadores usando um baralho reduzido de 32 cartas

🇷🇺Russian

пикет

карточная игра для двух игроков с использованием уменьшенной колоды из 32 карт.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ताश का खेल

32 कार्डों के कम पैक का उपयोग करके दो खिलाड़ियों के लिए एक कार्ड गेम

🇧🇩Bengali

পিকেট

32 কার্ডের একটি কম প্যাক ব্যবহার করে দুই খেলোয়াড়ের জন্য একটি কার্ড গেম

🇮🇳Telugu

పికెట్

32 కార్డ్‌ల తగ్గిన ప్యాక్‌ని ఉపయోగించి ఇద్దరు ఆటగాళ్ల కోసం కార్డ్ గేమ్

🇮🇳Marathi

पिकेट

32 कार्डांचा कमी केलेला पॅक वापरून दोन खेळाडूंसाठी एक कार्ड गेम

🇮🇳Gujarati

પિકેટ

32 કાર્ડના ઘટાડેલા પેકનો ઉપયોગ કરીને બે ખેલાડીઓ માટે કાર્ડ ગેમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಿಕ್ವೆಟ್

32 ಕಾರ್ಡ್‌ಗಳ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಪ್ಯಾಕ್ ಅನ್ನು ಬಳಸುವ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಆಟಗಾರರಿಗೆ ಕಾರ್ಡ್ ಆಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പിക്കറ്റ്

32 കാർഡുകളുടെ കുറഞ്ഞ പായ്ക്ക് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന രണ്ട് കളിക്കാർക്കുള്ള കാർഡ് ഗെയിം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੀਕੇਟ

32 ਕਾਰਡਾਂ ਦੇ ਘਟੇ ਹੋਏ ਪੈਕ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਦੋ ਖਿਡਾਰੀਆਂ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਕਾਰਡ ਗੇਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیکیٹ

32 کارڈز کا کم پیک استعمال کرتے ہوئے دو کھلاڑیوں کے لیے ایک کارڈ گیم

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

皮奎特

适合两名玩家的纸牌游戏，使用精简版 32 张纸牌

🇯🇵Japanese

ピケ

32 枚のカードの縮小パックを使用する 2 人用のカードゲーム

🇰🇷Korean

피켓

32장의 카드로 구성된 축소된 팩을 사용하는 2인용 카드 게임

🇹🇭Thai

ปิเก้

เกมไพ่สำหรับผู้เล่นสองคนโดยใช้ไพ่ลดเหลือ 32 ใบ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekesalan

permainan kartu untuk dua pemain menggunakan paket 32 kartu yang dikurangi

🇲🇾Malay

piket

permainan kad untuk dua pemain menggunakan pek terkurang 32 kad

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بيكيه

لعبة ورق للاعبين باستخدام حزمة مخفضة مكونة من 32 بطاقة

🇮🇷Persian

پیکت

یک بازی با ورق برای دو بازیکن با استفاده از یک بسته کوچک 32 کارتی

🇹🇷Turkish

pike

32 karttan oluşan azaltılmış desteyi kullanan iki oyuncu için bir kart oyunu

🇮🇱Hebrew

פיקט

משחק קלפים לשני שחקנים באמצעות חבילה מופחתת של 32 קלפים

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