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go

go (board game)

noun GO Less Common
Arts & Culture Games

Origin: Japanese 碁 (go), a strategy board game

Usage Note

Go in French refers exclusively to the ancient East Asian board game played with black and white stones on a grid. It is an invariable masculine noun borrowed from Japanese. The phrase jouer au go means 'to play go'. The game is also called le jeu de go for clarity.

Examples

"Il joue au go depuis dix ans."

Natural Translation

He has been playing go for ten years.

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