Modern Western playing cards are generally divided into two or three general suit-systems. The older Latin suits are subdivided into the Italian and Spanish suit-systems. The … See more

Swiss-German Experimental Suit Systems
This is a list of suit systems devised by early Swiss-German cardmakers mentioned by See more

In some card games the card suits have a dominance order, for example: club (lowest) - diamond - heart - spade (highest). That led to in spades being used to mean more than expected, in abundance, very much.
Other expressions … See more

1. ^ "Portuguese" is slightly misleading nomenclature. The suit system may have originated in Catalonia and spread out through the western Mediterranean before being replaced by the "Spanish" system. The association with Portugal comes from the fact that they … See more

Trumps
In a large and popular category of trick-taking games, one suit may be designated in each deal to be trump and all cards of the trump suit rank … See more

Card suit symbols occur in places outside card playing:
• The four suits were famously employed by the United States' See more

• Hearts (card game)
• Spades (card game)
• Stripped deck
• Five-suit bridge See more