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5️⃣ The number 500 🃏 A card game
five hundred

five hundred

1 8.9
A card game for two or more where each player has five cards and bidder must take three tricks
  • noun
  • Australian
translation icon : juego de cartas Five Hundred
  • Although she was new to five hundred, Sarah quickly learned the rules and won her first game.

Examples

  • We spent the evening playing five hundred with our friends.

  • I learned how to play five hundred from my grandparents.

  • After dinner, everyone sat down at the table for a round of five hundred.

  • They played five hundred last night.

  • After dinner, everyone sat down at the table for a round of five hundred.

  • Although she was new to five hundred, Sarah quickly learned the rules and won her first game.

  • We spent the evening playing five hundred with our friends.

Surface Forms

five hundred singular
five hundreds plural
five-hundreds plural
five-hundred singular

Morphology

five + hundred

The phrase 'five hundred' is compositionally the number 500 from 'five' + 'hundred', so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will interpret it as a numeral rather than a card game. The game name is an arbitrary lexicalized label (a proper noun for a specific card game) whose meaning cannot be inferred from the numeric constituents, making it non-compositional for learners.

Etymology

Five hundred, the card game, got its name because players try to score '500' points to win, so the name reminds you of the game's main goal.