World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariessabot
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /saˈβot/
"El crupier saca las cartas del sabot."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A specialized mechanical container or device used in casinos and card games to store and dispense playing cards one at a time, ensuring fair play and preventing cheating.
"The croupier placed a fresh deck of cards into the dealing-box before starting the baccarat round." - 2
A device or apparatus for distributing or allocating items systematically in specialized commercial or administrative settings.
"The sorting clerk utilized a dealing-box to organize the incoming batch of mail receipts."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the present participle 'dealing' (from Middle English delen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną meaning 'to divide or distribute') and 'box' (from Old English box, denoting a receptacle). The term originated in the 19th century within the context of casino table games and card playing to specifically describe a mechanical device used for dispensing playing cards fairly.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dealing-box" is said worldwide
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sabot
Transliteration: /sa.bo/
"Le croupier tire les cartes du sabot."
Karten Schlitten
Transliteration: /ˈkaʁtn̩ ˌʃlɪtn̩/
Script: Kartenschlitten
"Die Karten werden aus dem Kartenschlitten gezogen."
sabot
Transliteration: /saˈbɔ/
"Il croupier estrae le carte dal sabot."
sabot
Transliteration: /saˈβot/
"El crupier saca las cartas del sabot."
sabot
Transliteration: /saˈbo/
"O crupiê puxa as cartas do sabot."
कार्ड वितरण box
Transliteration: kaard vitaran box
Script: कार्ड वितरण बॉक्स
"कसीनो में डीलिंग बॉक्स से पत्ते निकाले जाते हैं।"
发牌盒
Transliteration: fā pái hé
"荷官从发牌盒里拿出一张牌。"
딜링 슈
Transliteration: dill-ing syu
"딜러가 딜링 슈에서 카드를 꺼냈습니다."
シュー
Transliteration: shū
"ディーラーはシューからカードを配ります。"
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