full

full house (in poker)

noun FUL Rare

Origin: Borrowed from English 'full house' (poker term)

Usage Note

Full (also written full house) is the French poker term for a hand containing three of a kind plus a pair. It is an anglicism used exclusively in card-game contexts; outside poker, French speakers would never use full to mean 'full'. The pronunciation follows the English, though some speakers Frenchify it slightly.

Examples

"Il a gagné la partie avec un full aux as."

Natural Translation

He won the hand with a full house, aces over.

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