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The Latin suits are coins, clubs, cups, and swords. They are the earliest suit-system in Europe, and were adopted from the cards imported from Mamluk Egypt and Moorish Granada in the 1370s. There are four types of Latin suits: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, [a] and an extinct archaic type.
The Spanish suits closely resemble Italian-suited cards as both were derived from the "Moorish-styled" cards. The four suits are bastos (clubs), oros (literally "golds", that is, golden coins), copas (cups) and espadas (swords). Unlike the suits found in northern Italy, Spanish swords are straight and the clubs resemble knobbly cudgels instead ...
Note that, in German, 'skat' can also mean void i.e. lacking any cards of a given suit and therefore 'seeking the skat' means looking for an opponent's void suit. [106] slam Winning every trick. Sometimes called a 'grand slam', with a 'little slam' being every trick bar one. [90]
The word "Spade" is probably derived from the Old Spanish spada meaning "sword" and suggests that Spanish suits were used in England before French suits. [2] The French name for this suit, Pique ("pike"), meant, in the 14th century, a weapon formed by an iron spike placed at the end of a pike. [3] In German it is known as Pik.
Its original French name is Trèfle which means "clover" and the card symbol depicts a three-leafed clover leaf.The Italian name is Fiori ("flower"). However, the English name "Clubs" is a translation of basto, the Spanish name for the suit of batons, suggesting that Spanish-suited cards were used in England before French suits were invented.
The three-suit wardrobe isn’t simply for the sake of style, though that is of course a major consideration. More suits mean more versatility and more options for self-expression.
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