tarok

noun

ta·​rok

variants or less commonly taroc or tarock

təˈräk

plural -s

: an old and popular card game of central Europe played with a pack containing the 22 tarots plus 40, 52, or 56 cards equivalent to modern playing cards

Word History

Etymology

obsolete Italian tarocco (now tarocchi, plural of obsolete tarocco), from Old Italian

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