misère

See also: misere, Misere, and miserê

English

Etymology

From French misère.

Noun

misère (plural misères)

(card games, whist and others) A bid to lose every trick, or the majority of tricks, with no trumps.

Adjective

misère (not comparable)

Played according to the reverse of the usual winning convention.
A strategy in misère backgammon is to put six blots in a row.
In which a player unable to move wins.

Derived terms

misère ouvert

See also

miser

Anagrams

Meiser, Siemer, remise

French

Etymology

From Latin miseria.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi.zɛʁ/
audio (la misère) (file)

Noun

misère f (plural misères)

misery
poverty
Il a vécu pendant longtemps dans la misère.

Further reading

“misère” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

merise, remise, remisé

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