écarté

[ ey-kahr-tey; British ey-kahr-tey; French ey-kar-tey ]

noun

1. a card game for two players.

écarté

/ ekarte; eɪˈkɑːteɪ /

noun

1. a card game for two, played with 32 cards and king high
2. ballet
   1. a body position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body
   2. ( as adjective )

      the écarté position

Word History and Origins

Origin of écarté¹

Borrowed into English from French around 1815–25

Word History and Origins

Origin of écarté¹

C19: from French, from écarter to discard, from carte card ¹

Example Sentences

They feel “écarté,” or rejected.

From New York Times

He added, “It’s great to feel you’re a soldier in this larger battle, and what you’re fighting is the big republic that imposes all these things on you” — unemployment, non-halal school menus, a ban on the full veil and minarets, a paucity of mosques and a pervasive sense of being “écarté,” or rejected.

From New York Times

"They are not seen, sir; besides, whenever I examine the beauty of a woman, 'la premiere chose que j'ecarte, ce sont les jambes'."

From Project Gutenberg

After supper, Cæsar and Captain Crouch, who had entirely recovered from his faintness, played écarté with an exceedingly dirty pack of cards.

From Project Gutenberg

Fothergill and I are going to play ecarté.”

From Project Gutenberg