baccarat

Alternative forms

 * baccara

Etymology
. Borrowed from, , likely named after the French town (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately  (. (uncertain)). If by some, the town is possibly named from  ("altar of Bacchus"; the original pagan reference of the name was forgotten), name of an ancient Roman , of which there remains a relic called the "Tower of Bacha" on the heights of Deneuvre, from whence Baccarat is an ancient suburb. Other hypotheses have also been suggested, including descent from.

Probably linked to, although if the town etymology is correct, this may present some geographic difficulty.

Noun

 * 1)  A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.

Derived terms

 * mini-baccarat

Translations

 * Catalan: bacarà
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 百家樂
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: baccarat
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: baccarà
 * Japanese: バカラ
 * Khmer: បាការ៉ាត់
 * Korean: 바카라
 * Maranao: bakarat
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: bacará, bacarrá
 * Ukrainian: баккара́