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:''This article is about the playing card. For alternate uses of the word see [[Ace (disambiguation)]].
[[Image:Ace playing cards.jpg|thumb|250px|Ace cards of all four suits]]
[[Image:Pair of Aces.jpg|thumb|250px|A pair of aces is the best hand to be dealt in [[Texas Hold'em Poker]]]]
The word "'''ace'''" comes from the [[Old French]] word 'as' (from Latin 'as') meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] coin. It originally meant the side of a die with only one mark, before it was a term for a playing card. Since this was the lowest roll of the die, it traditionally meant 'bad luck' in [[Middle English]], but as the ace is often the highest playing card, its meaning has changed to mean 'high-quality, excellence'.
An ace is a [[playing card]]. In the standard deck, an ace has a single [[suit (cards)|suit]] symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the [[Ace of Spades]], which also often bears the name or emblem of the deck's printer. In most card games, aces have the highest value of all cards in a suit; in some, they have the lowest value, commonly representing a one. Many games, such as [[poker]] and [[blackjack]], allow the player to choose whether the ace is used as a high or low card. When aces are high, spades are occasionally deemed to be [[trump (cards)|trump cards]], meaning that if it came down to a tie, the ace of spades would naturally win.
The word has been adopted in slang to refer to victory, or as a general adjective for describing something as good ("this is ace!"). In tennis, the act of winning a ball from the serve such that the opponent doesn't get a single shot is referred to as an [[Ace (tennis)|ace]]. It can also be used to refer to a person who is exceptionally talented in a sport, such as "Portugal and Manchester United ace Christiano Ronaldo"
The folk tradition of "ace high" comes from the [[French Revolution]] where the lowest number card (the one or ace) was changed to the highest card in the deck to represent the victory of the [[common man]] over [[King Louis XVI]].{{Fact|date=September 2007}}
In [[French decks]], the ace commonly has "1"'s in the corners instead of the letter "A"{{Fact|date=October 2007}}.
==Example cards==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Ace of [[Spades (suit)|Spades]]
! Ace of [[Clubs (suit)|Clubs]]
! Ace of [[Hearts (suit)|Hearts]]
! Ace of [[Diamonds (suit)|Diamonds]]
|-
| {{card|spade|A|125px}}
| {{card|club|A|125px}}
| {{card|heart|A|125px}}
| {{card|diamond|A|125px}}
|}
[[Category:Playing cards|Ace]]
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