"chequer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛkə/ Forms: chequers [plural]
Etymology: See checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.” Etymology templates: {{m|en|checker}} checker, {{sense|fruit}} (fruit):, {{sup|2}} ² Head templates: {{en-noun}} chequer (plural chequers)
  1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
    Sense id: en-chequer-en-noun-8LRkkWRv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 14 10
  2. Alternative spelling of checker (in certain senses only) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: checker (extra: in certain senses only)
    Sense id: en-chequer-en-noun-UNhf-FJs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chequer tree

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛkə/ Forms: chequers [present, singular, third-person], chequering [participle, present], chequered [participle, past], chequered [past]
Etymology: See checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.” Etymology templates: {{m|en|checker}} checker, {{sense|fruit}} (fruit):, {{sup|2}} ² Head templates: {{en-verb}} chequer (third-person singular simple present chequers, present participle chequering, simple past and past participle chequered)
  1. Alternative spelling of checker Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: checker
    Sense id: en-chequer-en-verb-MkMf~C6X

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} chequer
  1. Alternative form of cheker Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cheker
    Sense id: en-chequer-enm-noun-V-5nVxoH Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chequer meaning in All languages combined (3.6kB)

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