mah-jong

noun mah-ZHONG Rare

Origin: From Chinese 'majiang' (sparrow).

Usage Note

Mah-jong refers to the Chinese tile-based game that became popular in Europe in the 1920s. It is always masculine in French and typically invariable in plural. The spelling varies: mah-jong, mah-jongg, and mahjong all appear in French texts; the hyphenated form is standard in dictionaries.

Examples

"Ils jouent au mah-jong chaque dimanche soir."

Natural Translation

They play mah-jong every Sunday evening.

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