preferans

English

Etymology

From Russian префера́нс (preferáns), in turn from French préférence. Doublet of preference.

Noun

preferans (uncountable)

1. A card game, related to bridge, Boston, and whist.

Translations

a card game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樸烈費蘭斯／朴烈费兰斯 (pǔlièfèilánsī)

• Finnish: preferenssi (fi), preferanssi
• French: préférence (fr) f
• Georgian: პრეფერანსი (ṗreperansi)
• German: Préférence f
• Greek: πρέφα (el) (préfa)
• Hungarian: preferánsz
• Japanese: プレフェランス (pureferansu)
• Romanian: preferans (ro) n
• Russian: префера́нс (ru) m (preferáns), (colloquial) преф (ru) m (pref), (colloquial) пу́лька (ru) f (púlʹka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: преферанс m

  Roman: preferans (sh) m

• Ukrainian: префера́нс (uk) m (preferáns)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French préférence (“preference”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɣefeɣãs/

Noun

preferans

1. preference

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian преферанс (preferans), from French préférence. Doublet of preferință.

Noun

preferans m (plural preferansuri)

1. preferans, a card game

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French préférence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prěferans/
• Hyphenation: pre‧fe‧rans

Noun

prèferans m (Cyrillic spelling прѐферанс)

1. preferans

Declension

Declension of preferans

	singular	plural
nominative	prèferans	preferansi
genitive	preferansa	prèferānsā
dative	preferansu	preferansima
accusative	preferans	preferanse
vocative	preferanse	preferansi
locative	preferansu	preferansima
instrumental	preferansom	preferansima

References

• “preferans”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024