QUINELLA

Meaning of QUINELLA in English

[ kwɪ'nɛlə ]

■ noun a bet predicting the first two places in a race, but not necessarily in the correct order.

Origin

1940s (orig. US): from Latin Amer. Sp. quiniela .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

QUINELLA — noun see: quiniela
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUINELLA — noun see quiniela
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUINELLA — /kee nel"euh, kwi-/ , n. 1. a type of bet, esp. on horse races, in which the bettor, in order …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUINELLA — see quiniela
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUINELLA — n. a form of betting in which the better must select the first two place-winners in a race, not necessarily …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUINELLA — n. a form of betting in which the better must select the first two place-winners in a race, not necessarily …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUINELLA — n. a form of betting in which the better must select the first two place-winners in a race, not necessarily …
Oxford English vocab
QUINIELA — or quinella noun Etymology: American Spanish ~, a game of chance resembling a lottery Date: 1905 a bet in which …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUINIELA — /keen yel"euh/ ; Sp. /kee nye"lah/ , n. quinella.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERFECTA — /peuhr fek"teuh/ , n. exacta. [ 1965-70; ellipsis of AmerSp quiniela perfecta perfect quinella ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EXACTA — /ig zak"teuh/ , n. 1. a type of bet, esp. on horse races, in which the bettor must select the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERFECTA — [ pə'fɛktə ] ■ noun N. Amer. a bet in which the first two places in a race must be …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EXACTA — [ ɪg'zaktə ] ■ noun US another term for perfecta . Origin 1960s: from Amer. Sp. quiniela ~ 'exact quinella'.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PARI-MUTUEL — (Frenchpari, bet; mutuel, mutual) plural pari-mutuels, or Paris-mutuels method of wagering introduced in France about 1870 by Parisian businessman Pierre …
Britannica English vocabulary
PERFECTA — n. US a form of betting in which the first two places in a race must be predicted in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PERFECTA — n. US a form of betting in which the first two places in a race must be predicted in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PERFECTA — n. US a form of betting in which the first two places in a race must be predicted in the …
Oxford English vocab
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