Is this a word?

[pastorables]

I'm playing someone in Scrabulous and they played OBJET as a word. The game accepted the word. Is this really a word?

pa

[PastorDaniel]

objet
2 entries found.

objet d'artobjet trouve



Main Entry: ob·jet d'art
Pronunciation: \ˌȯb-ˌzhā-ˈdär\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ob·jets d'art \same\
Etymology: French, literally, art object
Date: 1865
1 : an article of some artistic value
2 : curio —called also objet

this is according to webster's....seems to be french

[Pastor Gary]

Yes, it is.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/objet

[PastorDaniel]

Hey PG...we came up with the same thing from two different sources and posted at the same time......Jinx, you owe me a coke! as my wife would say

[pastorables]

Hmmmm... the dictionary offered on the Scrabulous word search stated "word not found".

[Sherry]

Hmmmm... the dictionary offered on the Scrabulous word search stated "word not found".

I don't trust that dictionary!!!

[jinjer]

I've discovered that the Scrabulous dictionary leaves many words out!! So, I don't trust it either.

Jinjer

[RamboPreacher]

Hmmmm... the dictionary offered on the Scrabulous word search stated "word not found".

whether or not someone trusts that dictionary as posted previously. if it was agreed to use that dictionary for the game, then for the game, it is not a word. the rules need to be established on what sources are valid for what words are used and valid.

If you did not agree before hand, I would say that the unspoken/assumed rule is that you should use the one that comes with the game.

I think that an agreement to use "the internet" as a source is also invalid, because I am sure that you could come up with many words and languages that are "invalid" - all one has to do is make a web page with the made up word, with definition and it is then allowed - in other words, if the given dictionary is not enough, then other source or sources specified can be agreed on.

[Gerald Creasy]

I would cry foul. If the words English usage comes from a combined Foreign phrase as in "objet d'art" and is not found in usage outside that phrase, then part of a foreign phrase would NOT be acceptable.

For instance: The French "raison d'etre" is borrowed from the French (and, say, when's the last time you've used that in a sentence?)

But we do not accept "Raison" as a stand alone English word, even though it is part of a phrase used in English.

But I'm a scrappy Grammaticaster that rolls their eyes when people say "dribble" when the context means "drivel" and their too clueles to know, so what do I know?