suit
nounmasculine/ˈnajpɨ/medium
nai·pe
Definition
One of the four categories (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades) into which playing cards are divided.
Hearts is one of the four suits in a deck of cards.
You must follow suit if you can.
Common collocations
club suitdiamond suitheart suitspade suit
Idiomatic expressions
- follow suit (to do the same as someone else)
Etymology
Do árabe 'na'ib' (representante, tenente), através do espanhol 'naipes' (cartas de jogar).