French gambling game

• A card game for 2 players
• Card game that means "discarded"
• Game with tricks
• Lonely, in Paris
• Game played with 32 cards
• Played with 32 cards and king high

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
card game for two played with 32 cards, 1824, from French écarté , literally "discarded," past participle of écarter "to discard," from e- (see ex- ) + carte (see card (n.)). So called because the players may discard cards in his hand after the deal and ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Écarté is a two-player card game originating from France , the word literally meaning "discarded". It is a trick-taking game , similar to whist , but with a special and eponymous discarding phase. It is closely related to Euchre , a card game played mainly ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high