🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

으뜸패

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eutteompae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trump/trʌmp/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 마지막 순간에 으뜸패를 사용했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A playing card of a suit ranking above all others, capable of winning any card of another suit.

    "Spades were declared the trump suit for the final round of the game."
  2. 2

    A valuable resource or advantage that can be used to achieve success, often kept in reserve until needed.

    "Experience in negotiation was her ultimate trump card during the business merger."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'trump' meaning a trumpet, which itself comes from the Old French 'trompe'. The card-playing sense evolved in the 16th century as a corruption of 'triumph', a game in which certain cards hold superior power.

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