tressette

Italian

Alternative forms
  • tresette

Etymology

From tre (“three”) +‎ sette (“seven”).
The name may refer to seven sets of three (or four) point possibilities, or to the fact that it is played up to twenty-one points (that is three times seven).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tresˈsɛt.te/
  • Hyphenation: tres‧sèt‧te

Noun

tressette m (invariable)

  1. An Italian card game with many local variants.
    Hyponyms: calabresella, quintiglio

Descendants
Descendants
  • Japanese: トレッセッテ (toressette)
  • Serbo-Croatian: trèšeta f, трѐшета f
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