trictrac

trictrac (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ticktack (“kind of backgammon”).

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /tʁik.tʁak/

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trictrac m (plural trictracs)

1. a variant of backgammon, very popular during the 17th, 18th centuries in aristocratic circles of France

   jouer au trictrac.

2. the board used to play it

   Un trictrac d’ébène et d’ivoire.

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• “trictrac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• “trictrac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French trictrac.

trictrac n (plural trictracuri)

1. backgammon