The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trente et quarante \Trente" et` qua`rante"\ [F., lit., thirty and forty.] Same as Rouge et noir, under Rouge.
Wikipedia
Trente et Quarante (Thirty and Forty), also called Rouge et Noir (Red and Black), is a 17th-century gambling card game of French origin played with cards and a special table. It is rarely found in US casinos, but still very popular in Continental Europe casinos, and one of the two games played in the gambling rooms at Monte Carlo, roulette being the other. It is a simple game that usually gives the players a very good expected return of more than 98%.
Trente et Quarante is a 1945 French film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Martine Carol.
The film was successful at the box office with admissions of 2,172,386 admissions.
Usage examples of "trente et quarante".
Bond left his money on the table and wandered off among the other tables, visiting the roulette, the trente et quarante and the baccarat table, to see if he could find the girl.
They play trente et quarante and while walking about watching the game and their cards they do some talking: 'What a horrid affair!