How to pronounce pinochle
American English pronunciation
PEE-nuk-ul
- IPA
- /ˈpiˌnʌkəl/
- Syllables
- PEE · nuk · ul (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What pinochle means
A card game played with a deck that has no cards below nine
In a sentence: Grandpa shuffled the pinochle deck, which has two of each card from nine to ace.
Where it comes from: It perhaps comes from Binokel, a related card game, said the way people in Austria and southern Germany say it.
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