Card Games
Bridge terms and definitions
Bridge terms and definitions are the standard words and phrases used in contract bridge to describe cards, bidding, play, scoring, and positions.
Key points
- The phrase groups the specialist vocabulary players use for bridge concepts such as bids, contracts, and scoring.1
- It labels the game's lexicon rather than a single rule or action.2
- Terms apply to both contract bridge and duplicate bridge formats.4
Where this term is used
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Sources
- Glossary of contract bridge terms en.wikipedia.org Provides the definition and scope of bridge terms as a glossary category.
- Contract bridge en.wikipedia.org Supports the application of these terms to contract bridge.
- Bridge bicyclecards.com Confirms the vocabulary used for bids, declarer, dummy, tricks, and scoring.
- Duplicate bridge en.wikipedia.org Confirms terms apply to duplicate bridge format.
Sources are drawn from regulators, universities and published research, and each one is labelled with what it actually is — a preprint is not called a paper. Bookmaker and affiliate pages are never cited here, because a page that sells betting is not a neutral authority on it.