Face card, the Glossary
In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards.[1]
Table of Contents
30 relations: Ace, Chinese playing cards, Clown, Copag, French-suited playing cards, German-suited playing cards, Idolatry, Italian playing cards, Jack (playing card), Jester, John of Rheinfelden, Joker (playing card), King (playing card), Knight (playing card), Marshal, Ober (playing card), Pip (counting), Playing card, Portuguese-suited playing cards, Queen (playing card), Spanish-suited playing cards, Standard 52-card deck, Swiss-suited playing cards, Tarocco Bolognese, Tarot, Topkapı Palace, Trappola, Trionfi (cards), Trump (card games), Unter (playing card).
Ace
An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. Face card and ace are playing cards.
Chinese playing cards
Playing cards were most likely invented in China during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Face card and Chinese playing cards are playing cards.
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Clown
A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms.
Copag
Copag is a company based in São Paulo, Brazil.
French-suited playing cards
French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of trèfles (clovers or clubs), carreaux (tiles or diamonds), cœurs (hearts), and piques (pikes or spades).
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German-suited playing cards
German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (Eichel or Kreuz), Leaves (Grün, Blatt, Laub, Pik or Gras), Hearts (Herz or Rot) and Bells (Schelle, Schell or Bolle).
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Idolatry
Idolatry is the worship of a cult image or "idol" as though it were a deity.
Italian playing cards
Playing cards (in Italian: carte da gioco) have been in Italy since the late 14th century.
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Jack (playing card)
A Jack or Knave, in some games referred to as a Bower, in Tarot card games as a Valet, is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic or courtier dress, generally associated with Europe of the 16th or 17th century. Face card and Jack (playing card) are playing cards.
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Jester
A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during royal court.
John of Rheinfelden
John of Rheinfelden (Johannes von Rheinfelden), also Johannes Teuto and John of Basle (born), was a Dominican friar and writer who published the oldest known description in Europe of playing cards.
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Joker (playing card)
The Joker is a playing card found in most modern French-suited card decks, as an addition to the standard four suits (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades). Face card and Joker (playing card) are card game terminology and playing cards.
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King (playing card)
The king is a playing card with a picture of a king displayed on it. Face card and king (playing card) are playing cards.
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Knight (playing card)
A knight or cavalier is a playing card with a picture of a man riding a horse on it. Face card and knight (playing card) are playing cards.
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Marshal
Marshal is a term used in several official titles in various branches of society.
Ober (playing card)
The Ober, formerly Obermann, in Austrian also called the Manderl, is the court card in the German and Swiss styles of playing cards that corresponds in rank to the Queen in French packs. Face card and Ober (playing card) are card game terminology and playing cards.
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Pip (counting)
Pips are small but easily countable items, such as the dots on dominoes and dice, or the symbols on a playing card that denote its suit and value. Face card and Pip (counting) are playing cards.
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Playing card
A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Face card and playing card are playing cards.
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Portuguese-suited playing cards
Portuguese-suited playing cards or Portuguese-suited cards are a nearly extinct suit-system of playing cards that survive in a few towns in Sicily and Japan.
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Queen (playing card)
The queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. Face card and queen (playing card) are playing cards.
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Spanish-suited playing cards
Spanish-suited playing cards or Spanish-suited cards have four suits, and a deck is usually made up of 40 or 48 cards (or even 50 by including two jokers).
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Standard 52-card deck
The standard 52-card deck of French-suited playing cards is the most common pack of playing cards used today. Face card and standard 52-card deck are playing cards.
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Swiss-suited playing cards
Parts of Swiss German speaking Switzerland have their own deck of playing cards referred to as Swiss-suited playing cards or Swiss-suited cards.
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Tarocco Bolognese
The Tarocco Bolognese is a tarot deck found in Bologna and is used to play tarocchini.
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Tarot
Tarot (first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi or tarocks) is a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Tarocchini. Face card and tarot are playing cards.
Topkapı Palace
The Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı; lit), or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey.
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Trappola
Trappola is an early 16th-century Venetian trick-taking card game which spread to most parts of Central Europe and survived, in various forms and under various names like Trapulka, Bulka and Hundertspiel until perhaps the middle of the 20th century.
Trionfi (cards)
Trionfi ('triumphs') are 15th-century Italian playing card trumps with allegorical content related to those used in tarocchi games. Face card and Trionfi (cards) are playing cards.
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Trump (card games)
A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Face card and trump (card games) are card game terminology and playing cards.
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Unter (playing card)
The Unter, formerly Untermann, nicknamed the Wenzel, Wenz or Bauer, and (in Swiss) also called the Under, is the court card in German and Swiss-suited playing cards that corresponds to the Jack in French packs. Face card and Unter (playing card) are card game terminology and playing cards.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_card
Also known as Coat card, Coat cards, Court card, Court card (playing card), Court cards, Court cards (playing cards), Court size card, Court sized card, Courts (cards), Face cards.