chess
sustantivosustantivosustantivocorriente en diálogos
- //t͡ʃɛs//
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
sustantivo
- 1
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabullet chess players in the world.
FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view.
Etimología
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tek- Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati Proto-Iranian *xšáyati Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ) Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ) Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor. Arabic شَاه (šāh)der. Old French eschésbor. Middle English ches English chess From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Compare German Schach and Italian scacchi. Compare French échecs (“chess”) and its descendants: Catalan escacs and Dutch schaak. More at check and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”).
sustantivo
- 1
Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry chess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...].
Etimología
Uncertain; perhaps linked to Etymology 1, above, from the sense of being arranged in rows or lines.
sustantivo
- 1
One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
the balks are laid and covered with chesses to within 1 foot of the trestle
ach chess consists of three planks.
Etimología
Compare French châssis (“a framework of carpentry”).
Formas
- plural
- chesses
chess · A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to…
Chess · A surname.chest · A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex…Chest · University of Chester, used especially following post-nominal…