Translation for '
whist' from English to Icelandic
ADJ | whist | more whist | most whist | |
NOUN | whist | whists | |
SYNO | long whist | short whist | whist |
ADJ positive | comparative | superlative
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- Colour whist ("whist à la couleur" or "whist belge" in French or "Kleurenwiezen" in Dutch) is a Belgian variation to the card game whist.
- German Whist is a variation on classic whist for two players. Also called Chinese Whist, it is probably of British origin.
- It was developed from bridge whist in 1904, possibly by 1900.
- Partnering L M Bouvé at the Fourth Annual Congress of the American Whist League in 1894, he won the straight whist match (in a field of 124) for his Boston club, the American Whist Club of Boston.
- In 1910 Lenz won the American Whist League's principal national team championship.
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