ludo
Noun: A simple board game for two to four players, in which participants move their colored counters around a square board according to the numbers thrown on a single die. The objective is to be the first to move all of one's counters from the starting area, around the board, and into the home or finish area.
"Ludo" is used as a proper noun to name this specific game. It is typically an uncountable noun when referring to the game in general, but can be countable when referring to specific instances or sets. - The children spent the afternoon playing ludo. - We bought a new ludo set for the family game night.
- "a game of ludo": The standard phrase for describing an instance of playing.
- Let's have a game of ludo to decide who does the dishes.
- Parcheesi, Pachisi: Ludo is a simplified Western adaptation of the ancient Indian cross and circle game Pachisi (commercialized as Parcheesi in the United States). These are related but distinct games with more complex rules.
- Board game: The general category to which ludo belongs.
- Counter / Token: The pieces that players move in ludo.
- Board game (this is a hypernym, a more general category).
The word "ludo" itself is taken from Latin, meaning "I play". It refers exclusively to this specific game and is not used with other meanings in modern English. It does not have phrasal verbs or idioms associated with it.
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a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice
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