place

en-noun

place (countable and uncountable, plural places)

Pijin: ples

Tok Pisin: ples

From Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“to spread”), extended form of *pleh₂- (“flat”). Displaced native Old English stōw, stede, and -ern. Compare also English pleck (“plot of ground”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot, location”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, and plaza.

noncog

all over the place like a mad woman's custard

lightning does not strike twice in the same place

lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place

lightning never strikes twice in the same place

there is a place and time for everything

there is a time and place for everything

there's a time and a place for everything

(chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.


kula

kúla (canonical feminine)
ку́ла (Cyrillic)
kúla (nominative singular)
kule (nominative plural)
kule (genitive singular)
kula (genitive plural)
kuli (dative singular)
kulama (dative plural)
kulu (accusative singular)
kule (accusative plural)
kulo (singular vocative)
kule (plural vocative)
kuli (locative singular)
kulama (locative plural)
kulom (instrumental singular)
kulama (instrumental plural)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قله (kulle) (Turkish kule), from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).


eques

la-noun

eques m (genitive equitis); third declension

equitis (genitive)
eques (nominative singular)
equitēs (nominative plural)
equitis (genitive singular)
equitum (genitive plural)
equitī (dative singular)
equitibus (dative plural)
equitem (accusative singular)
equitēs (accusative plural)
equite (ablative singular)
equitibus (ablative plural)
eques (singular vocative)
equitēs (plural vocative)

From equus (“horse”) + -es (“-faring”). Compare pedes, mīles for similar formations.


roc

From Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”).


roc

French: roc


roc

fro-noun

roc oblique singular, m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)

roc oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
ros (oblique plural)
ros (nominative singular)
roc (nominative plural)

Middle French: roc
French: roc

→ Middle English: rook

English: rook

→ Japanese: ルーク (rūku)

→ Korean: 룩 (ruk)

Borrowed from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rox).


rey

Chavacano: rey

Papiamentu: rey

→ San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: rey

Inherited from Old Spanish rey, from Latin rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

en el reino de los ciegos, el tuerto es el rey


mat

English: mate

From Old French mat, a backformation from eschec mat (“checkmate”).

maat (alternative)
mate (alternative)
matt (alternative)

(chess) Said when the opponent's king is captured.


mat

mat (nominative singular)
maty (nominative plural)
mata (genitive singular)
matów (genitive plural)
matowi (dative singular)
matom (dative plural)
mata (accusative singular)
maty (accusative plural)
matem (instrumental singular)
matami (instrumental plural)
macie (locative singular)
matach (locative plural)
macie (singular vocative)
maty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Arabic مَات (māt), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).


šach

šach (nominative singular)
šachy (nominative plural)
šachu (genitive singular)
šachů (genitive plural)
šachu (dative singular)
šachům (dative plural)
šach (accusative singular)
šachy (accusative plural)
šachu (singular vocative)
šachy (plural vocative)
šachu (locative singular)
šachách (locative plural)
šachem (instrumental singular)
šachy (instrumental plural)

Via Arabic, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh).


šach

sk-noun

šach m inan (relational adjective šachový)

šachový (adjective relational)
singular
plural
nominative
šach
šachy
genitive
šachu
šachov
dative
šachom
accusative
locative
šachoch
instrumental
šachmi


pork

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

(chess) A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.


blockade

From block + -ade, probably after Dutch blocquade (now blokkade) or German Blockade.

blockage

nearly synonymous, but not interchangeably; blockade usually denotes human agency

(chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.


IM

en-noun

IM (countable and uncountable, plural IMs)

International Master
International Master#English

(countable, chess) Initialism of International Master.


צריח

צְרִיחַ (canonical)
ts'ríakh (romanization)


Turm

de-noun

Turm m (strong, genitive Turmes or Turms, plural Türme, diminutive Türmchen n or Türmlein n)

Turmes (genitive)
Turms (genitive)
Türme (plural)
Türmchen (diminutive neuter)
Türmlein (diminutive neuter)
Turm (nominative singular)
Türme (definite nominative plural)
Turmes (genitive singular)
Turms (genitive singular)
Türme (definite genitive plural)
Turm (dative singular)
Turme (dative singular)
Türmen (dative definite plural)
Turm (accusative singular)
Türme (accusative definite plural)
Thurm (alternative obsolete)

→ Hungarian: torony

→ Lower Sorbian: torm

→ Luxembourgish: Tuerm

→ Romanian: turn

From Middle High German turm, an East Central German variant of turn, from Old High German turn, from Old French *torn (cf. the diminutive tornele), variant of tor, from Latin turris. From the same Old French source are Dutch toren, Low German Toorn. The final -m is probably due to sporadic dissimilation; a connection with the Latin accusative turrim (as sometimes conjectured) is unlikely.

Die Türme sollen immer möglichst rasch miteinander in Verbindung, „verdoppelt” sein. Ein wesentlicher Nachteil des Verlustes der Rochade ist es, daß die Verbindung der Türme gestört ist.

2009, Siegbert Tarrasch, Das Schachspiel. Systematisches Lehrbuch für Anfänger und Geübte, Jens-Erik Rudolph Verlag, page 137:

(chess) rook (piece shaped like a castle tower)


hanging

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

(chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.


rank

en-noun

rank (countable and uncountable, plural ranks)

From Middle English rank (“line, row”), from Old French ranc, rang, reng (“line, row, rank”) (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”).
Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). Doublet of ring and rink.

cog

(chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).

хоризонта́ла

chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares


seal

en-verb

seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)

seals (present singular third-person)
sealing (participle present)
sealed (participle past)
sealed (past)

From Middle English sele, from Anglo-Norman seel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum (“sign”).
Doublet of sigil and sigillum.

After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.

(transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.

sinetöidä

chess: to place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope


delay

en-noun

delay (countable and uncountable, plural delays)

→ Portuguese: delay

From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally.
Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave.

cog

(chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.


dubious

en-adj

dubious (comparative more dubious, superlative most dubious)

more dubious (comparative)
most dubious (superlative)

Etymology tree
Latin dubiusbor.
English dubious
From Latin dubius; like doubt, from Latin duo (cognate to English two), implying “two alternatives” (yes or no, true or false, etc.).

etymon

(chess, chiefly of an opening move) Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.


material

en-noun

material (countable and uncountable, plural materials)

From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)). Doublet of materiel.

aineisto

related data of various kinds collected as the basis for a document or book

(chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard, excluding the king.


מלך

he-noun

מֶלֶךְ • (mélekh) m (plural indefinite מְלָכִים, singular construct מֶלֶךְ־, plural construct מַלְכֵי־, feminine counterpart מַלְכָּה, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָלֶךְ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

מֶלֶךְ (canonical)
mélekh (romanization)
מְלָכִים (indefinite plural)
מֶלֶךְ־ (construct singular)
מַלְכֵי־ (construct plural)
מַלְכָּה (feminine)
form מָלֶךְ (Biblical-Hebrew pausal)
מֶלֶךְ (indefinite singular)
מַלְכִּי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מַלְכֵּנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַמֶּלֶךְ (definite singular)
מַלְכְּךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
מַלְכֵּךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מַלְכְּכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
מַלְכְּכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
מֶלֶךְ־ (construct singular)
מַלְכּוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
מַלְכָּהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
מַלְכָּם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
מַלְכָּן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
מְלָכִים (indefinite plural)
מלכיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מְלָכַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
מְלָכֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַמְּלָכִים (definite plural)
מְלָכֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
מלכייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מְלָכַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
מַלְכֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
מַלְכֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
מַלְכֵי־ (construct plural)
מְלָכָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
מְלָכֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
מַלְכֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
מַלְכֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *malk-. Cognate to Aramaic מַלְכָּא (malkā, “king”), Arabic مَلِك (malik, “king”) and Akkadian 𒂷𒆪 (malku, “prince”).


מלך

yi-noun

מלך • (meylekh) m, plural מלכים (melokhem)

meylekh (romanization)
melokhem (romanization)


מלכה

he-noun

מַלְכָּה • (malká) f (plural indefinite מְלָכוֹת, singular construct מַלְכַּת־, masculine counterpart מֶלֶךְ) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

מַלְכָּה (canonical)
malká (romanization)
מְלָכוֹת (indefinite plural)
מַלְכַּת־ (construct singular)
מֶלֶךְ (masculine)


mangiare

it-verb

mangiàre (first-person singular present màngio, first-person singular past historic mangiài, past participle mangiàto, auxiliary avére)

mangiàre (canonical)
màngio (first-person present singular)
mangiài (first-person historic past singular)
mangiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
mangiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
mangiàndo (gerund)
mangiànte (participle present)
mangiàto (participle past)
màngio (first-person indicative present singular)
màngi (indicative present second-person singular)
màngia (indicative present singular third-person)
mangiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
mangiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
màngiano (indicative plural present third-person)
mangiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
mangiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
mangiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mangiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mangiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
mangiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mangiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
mangiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
mangiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
mangiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
mangiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
mangiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
mangerò (first-person future indicative singular)
mangerài (future indicative second-person singular)
mangerà (future indicative singular third-person)
mangerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
mangeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
mangerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
mangerèi (conditional first-person singular)
mangerésti (conditional second-person singular)
mangerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
mangerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
mangerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
mangeréste (conditional plural second-person)
mangerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
mangerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
màngi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
màngi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
màngi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
mangiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
mangiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
màngino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mangiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
mangiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
mangiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mangiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
mangiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
mangiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
màngia (imperative second-person singular)
màngi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
mangiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
mangiàte (imperative plural second-person)
màngino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
mangiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
màngi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
mangiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
mangiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
màngino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
magnare (alternative archaic dialectal)

→ Dalmatian: mančur, manciuor, manciur

→ Esperanto: manĝi
Ido: manjar

→ Macedonian: манџа (mandža)

→ Neapolitan: mangiare, magnare

Borrowed from Old French mangier, from Latin mandūcāre (“to chew, (coll.) eat”). Doublet of manducare, manicare, and manucare.

doublet

(transitive, figurative, card games, checkers, chess) to capture


blitz

en-noun

blitz (countable and uncountable, plural blitzes)

Clipping of blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”).

der

What I had played was chess. Specially, I knocked out some 2,000 games of speed (or "blitz") chess in the two months leading up to the tournament. In fact, I played so much that I'm currently in the top half-percent of more than 1.3 million of blitz players at an online chess competition site.

2013 June 24, Mark Samuelian, “Speed Chess Changed My Brain”, in The Atlantic:

In order to avoid misunderstanding, I must note that I object to the attempts to displace normal chess with fast play, not rapid or blitz in general. I love them both, and, if I were to choose which to play, classic or rapid, I would choose rapid.

2015, Mark Dvoretsky, For Friends and Colleagues, volume 2 (Reflections on My Profession):

(uncountable, chess) Ellipsis of blitz chess.


rider

[ˈɹ̠aɪdə(ɹ̠)]

/ˈɹɑɪ.də(ɹ)/

[ˈɹ̠ʷɑe̯də(ɹʷ)]

[ˈɹ̠aɪɾ(ə)ɹ̠]

[ˈɹ̠əjɾ(ə)ɹ̠]

writer (with flapping but without Canadian raising)

From Middle English ryder, ridere, from Late Old English rīdere (“rider, knight”). Compare Dutch rijder, German Reiter. By surface analysis, ride + -er.

kalorës

one who rides — see also cyclist, driver

допълни́телна кла́уза

politics: additional provision annexed to a bill

дополне́ние

к докуме́нту

(chess) A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction, as long as no other piece is in the way.


convert

en-verb

convert (third-person singular simple present converts, present participle converting, simple past and past participle converted)

converts (present singular third-person)
converting (participle present)
converted (participle past)
converted (past)

[kʰə̥ɱˈvɜːt]

From Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

On the final day Marshall won a pawn as Black from another old rival, Hodges, but couldn't convert it and played on until a drawn king-and-pawn endgame.

1994, Andrew Soltis, Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion, McFarland, Inc, →ISBN, page 262:

In a serious game, the same event often takes place: the attacking side, out of pure inertia, tries to convert an advantage which he or she no longer has, thus giving the defending side winning chances.

2012, Daniel Naroditsky, Mastering Complex Endgames, New In Chess, →ISBN, page 56:

Black has survived the attack and is better due to his active king! Many moves later, he converted.

2021, Frank Erwich, 1001 Chess Exercises for Advanced Club Players, New In Chess, →ISBN:

(ambitransitive, chess) To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.


backward

en-adj

backward (comparative more backward, superlative most backward)

more backward (comparative)
most backward (superlative)

From Middle English bakwarde, abakward, equivalent to back (adverb) + -ward. Cognate with Old Frisian bekward (“backward”).

geri

often reduplicated - mainly for the senses implying "retreat"

(chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.


gambit

gambits (plural)
gambett (alternative obsolete)

From Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.

bor

Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.

(chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.


gambit

en-verb

gambit (third-person singular simple present gambits, present participle gambiting, simple past and past participle gambited)

gambits (present singular third-person)
gambiting (participle present)
gambited (participle past)
gambited (past)
gambett (alternative obsolete)

(chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.


gambit

gambit (nominative singular)
gambity (nominative plural)
gambitu (genitive singular)
gambitów (genitive plural)
gambitowi (dative singular)
gambitom (dative plural)
gambit (accusative singular)
gambity (accusative plural)
gambitem (instrumental singular)
gambitami (instrumental plural)
gambicie (locative singular)
gambitach (locative plural)
gambicie (singular vocative)
gambity (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English gambit, from Italian gambetto, from gamba, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp-.


gambit

singular
plural
nominative
gambit
gambity
genitive
gambitu
gambitov
dative
gambitom
accusative
locative
gambite
gambitoch
instrumental
gambitmi


hetman

hetman (nominative singular)
hetmany (nominative plural)
hetmana (genitive singular)
hetmanów (genitive plural)
hetmanowi (dative singular)
hetmanom (dative plural)
hetmana (accusative singular)
hetmany (accusative plural)
hetmanem (instrumental singular)
hetmanami (instrumental plural)
hetmanie (locative singular)
hetmanach (locative plural)
hetmanie (singular vocative)
hetmany (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman, from houbet, heupt. Compare German Hauptmann. The e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-.


kern

head

kern m (genitive singular kern, plural kernyn)

kern (genitive singular)
kernyn (plural)
kern
chern
gern

From Middle Irish ceithern (“band or troop of soldiers or fighting men”).


motif

From French motif (1848), with the meaning of "main idea or theme". Doublet of motive.

(chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.


pion

head

pion (plural pionne, diminutive pionnetjie)

From Dutch pion, from French pion, from Middle French pion, from Old French peon, from Late Latin pedō.

(chess) pawn; least valuable piece in chess


pion

nl-noun

pion m (plural pionnen, diminutive pionnetje n)

pionnen (plural)
pionnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pion

→ Indonesian: pion

Borrowed from French pion, from Middle French pion, from Old French peon, from Late Latin pedō (“footman”).


pion

Inherited from Old French peon, from Late Latin pedōnem, derived from Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of péon, which was borrowed from Spanish peón.


pion

→ Malay: pion

From Dutch pion (“pawn”), from French pion, from Old French peon, poon, paon, from Late Latin pedō, pedōnem (“footsoldier”), from Latin pēs, pedem (“foot”). Doublet of piung.


pion

pionek (diminutive)
pion (nominative singular)
piony (nominative plural)
piona (genitive singular)
pionów (genitive plural)
pionowi (dative singular)
pionom (dative plural)
pion (accusative singular)
piony (accusative plural)
pionem (instrumental singular)
pionami (instrumental plural)
pionie (locative singular)
pionach (locative plural)
pionie (singular vocative)
piony (plural vocative)


pion

pioni (plural)
pion (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pionul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pioni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pionii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pion (indefinite singular)
pionului (definite singular)
pioni (indefinite plural)
pionilor (definite plural)
pionule (singular vocative)
pionilor (plural vocative)


calculation

en-noun

calculation (countable and uncountable, plural calculations)

/ˌkælkjəˈlæɪʃən/

From Middle English calculation, borrowed from Latin calculatio, calculationis.
Morphologically calculate + -ion

(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

reading

act or process of imagining sequences of moves


cavalier

fr-noun

cavalier m (plural cavaliers, feminine cavalière)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: قاوالیه, قوالییه (kavalye)
Turkish: kavalye

→ Russian: кавале́р (kavalér)
→ Romanian: cavaler

Borrowed from Italian cavaliere, itself borrowed from Old Occitan cavalier, from Late Latin caballārius. Doublet of chevalier, which was inherited.


classical

en-noun

classical (countable and uncountable, plural classicals)

See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical = classic + -al

When I want to have fun I play blitz. When I want to go deeper and work on improving my game, I play classical and I try to do it in tournament settings.

2015 November 3, solskytz, “IM Greg Shahade: "Slow Chess should die a fast death"”, in Chess.com:

In early September, Niemann scored an extraordinary win against Carlsen during an in-person tournament in St. Louis, Missouri. Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated player since 2011, lost with the white pieces in the classical time format, a rare occurrence for the chess juggernaut.

2022 September 23, Brian Pempus, “Hans Niemann Eliminated, Magnus Carlsen A -350 Betting Favorite To Win Online Chess Event”, in Forbes:


drab

drab (nominative singular)
draby (nominative plural)
draba (genitive singular)
drabów (genitive plural)
drabowi (dative singular)
drabom (dative plural)
draba (accusative singular)
draby (accusative plural)
drabem (instrumental singular)
drabami (instrumental plural)
drabie (locative singular)
drabach (locative plural)
drabie (singular vocative)
draby (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Czech dráb, from Middle High German drabant, trabant. Doublet of drabant and trabant.


fortress

Early 14 c., from Old French forteresce, forteresse, forterece (“strong place, fortification”), variant of fortelesse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis (“strong”) (see fort) + -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality or condition. French -ess, from Latin -itia is also in words such as duress, largesse and riches. For change of medial -l- to -r- in Old French, compare orne (“elm”) from ulmus; chartre from cartula and chapitre from capitulum. First attested in the 12th century.

der

(chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.


hake

Borrowed from Spanish jaque, from Old Spanish xaque, from Arabic شاه (šāh, “shah; king chess piece”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/, “king”). Doublet of tsek, tseke, and tses.


गज

gaja (romanization)
गजः (nominative singular)
गजौ (dual nominative)
गजा1 (dual nominative)
गजाः (nominative plural)
गजासः1 (nominative plural)
गजम् (accusative singular)
गजौ (accusative dual)
गजा1 (accusative dual)
गजान् (accusative plural)
गजेन (instrumental singular)
गजाभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
गजैः (instrumental plural)
गजेभिः1 (instrumental plural)
गजाय (dative singular)
गजाभ्याम् (dative dual)
गजेभ्यः (dative plural)
गजात् (ablative singular)
गजाभ्याम् (ablative dual)
गजेभ्यः (ablative plural)
गजस्य (genitive singular)
गजयोः (dual genitive)
गजानाम् (genitive plural)
गजे (locative singular)
गजयोः (dual locative)
गजेषु (locative plural)
गज (singular vocative)
गजौ (dual vocative)
गजा1 (dual vocative)
गजाः (plural vocative)
गजासः1 (plural vocative)

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀅 (gaa)

Pali: gaja

→ Thai: คชา (ká-chaa), คช (kót)

→ Acehnese: gajah

→ Balinese: ᬕᬚᬄ (gajah)

→ Banjarese: gajah

→ Toba Batak: ᯎᯐ (gaja)

→ Bikol Central: gagdya

→ Cebuano: gadya

→ Chinese: 伽耶 (qiéyé)

→ Gorontalo: gaja

→ Hiligaynon: gadyo

→ Hindi: गज (gaj)

→ Ilocano: gadia

→ Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ (gajah)

→ Kannada: ಗಜ (gaja)

→ Ledo Kaili: gaja

→ Kapampangan: gagdia

→ Madurese: ꦓꦙ (ghajha)

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→ Malay: gajah
Indonesian: gajah
→ Bikol Central: gadyâ
→ Cebuano: gadyâ
→ Maguindanao: gajah
→ Tagalog: gadya
→ Tausug: gadja

→ Malayalam: ഗജം (gajaṁ)

→ Minangkabau: gajah

→ Old Gujarati: गज (gaja)

→ Marwari: गज (gaj) (learned)

→ Molbog: gaja

→ Brooke's Point Palawano: gadya

→ Sasak: gajah

→ Sika: glajak

→ Sundanese: ᮌᮏᮂ (gajah)

→ Tagalog: gadya

→ Tamil: கஜம் (kajam)

→ Telugu: గజము (gajamu)

→ Tulu: ಗಜ (gaja)

→ Urdu: گج (gaj)

→ Waray-Waray: gadya

→ Wolio: gaja

→ English: gaja (learned)

Of uncertain, possibly substrate, origin.

(chaturanga) gaja, a chaturanga piece ancestral to the bishop in chess


old lady

Watch out for that old lady waiting for you.


miniature

/ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/

/ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃəɹ/

Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”).

bor

(chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.


गृह

gṛhá (romanization)
गृहम् (nominative singular)
गृहे (dual nominative)
गृहाणि (nominative plural)
गृहा1 (nominative plural)
गृहम् (accusative singular)
गृहे (accusative dual)
गृहाणि (accusative plural)
गृहा1 (accusative plural)
गृहेण (instrumental singular)
गृहाभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
गृहैः (instrumental plural)
गृहेभिः1 (instrumental plural)
गृहाय (dative singular)
गृहाभ्याम् (dative dual)
गृहेभ्यः (dative plural)
गृहात् (ablative singular)
गृहाभ्याम् (ablative dual)
गृहेभ्यः (ablative plural)
गृहस्य (genitive singular)
गृहयोः (dual genitive)
गृहाणाम् (genitive plural)
गृहे (locative singular)
गृहयोः (dual locative)
गृहेषु (locative plural)
गृह (singular vocative)
गृहे (dual vocative)
गृहाणि (plural vocative)
गृहा1 (plural vocative)

Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha) (see there for further descendants)

Dardic:

Kashmiri: گَرٕ (garụ), गरॖ (garụ)

Pali: gaha, ghara

→ Khmer: ឃរ (khɔɔ) (learned)

→ Bengali: গৃহ (grihô) (learned)

→ Hindustani: (learned)

Hindi: गृह (gŕh)

→ Kannada: ಗೃಹ (gṛha) (learned)

→ Malay: gerha (learned)

Indonesian: gerha

desc

→ Malayalam: ഗൃഹം (gr̥haṁ), കിരിയം (kiriyaṁ) (learned)

→ Nepali: गृह (gr̥ha) (learned)

→ Old Javanese: gṛha, gerha, greha, griya (learned)

Javanese: graha, griya

→ Indonesian: gerha, graha, greha, griya

→ Old Javanese: ghāra (“wife”)

desctree

Javanese: ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa, “wife”)
→ Indonesian: garwa
→ Sundanese: ᮌᮁᮝ (garwa)

→ Old Khmer: graha (learned)

Khmer: គ្រឹហា (krɨhaa)

→ Odia: ଗୃହ (gruha) (learned)

desc

→ Tamil: கிரகம் (kirakam), கிருகம் (kirukam)

→ Telugu: గృహము (gr̥hamu) (learned)

→ Thai: คฤห (krʉ́) (learned)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás
Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s, from *gʰerdʰ- (“enclosure”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (gər^əδa), Old Church Slavonic градъ (gradŭ, “city”), English yard.


remis

Das Spiel endete remis.

(chess, sports) in a draw; the result being a draw


Zugzwang

de-noun

Zugzwang m (strong, genitive Zugzwangs or Zugzwanges, plural Zugzwänge)

Zugzwangs (genitive)
Zugzwanges (genitive)
Zugzwänge (plural)
Zugzwang (nominative singular)
Zugzwänge (definite nominative plural)
Zugzwangs (genitive singular)
Zugzwanges (genitive singular)
Zugzwänge (definite genitive plural)
Zugzwang (dative singular)
Zugzwange (dative singular)
Zugzwängen (dative definite plural)
Zugzwang (accusative singular)
Zugzwänge (accusative definite plural)

→ Armenian: Ցուգցվանգ (Cʻugcʻvang)

→ English: zugzwang

→ French: zugzwang

→ Russian: цугцва́нг (cugcváng)

From Zug (“move”) + Zwang (“compulsion”).

Kühe können entlang den Linien um ein Feld gezogen werden. Sie können nicht springen und nicht schlagen. Für beide Parteien gilt Zugzwang. Für den Leoparden gilt kein Schlagzwang.

2006, Claus Voigt, “Kühe und Leoparden [Cows and Leopards]”, in Asiatische Spiele [Asian Games], Humboldt, page 75:

Cows can be moved along the lines by one square. They cannot jump nor capture any piece. Both players are forced to make a move. The leopard is not forced to capture a piece if possible.

(games, especially chess) synonym of Zugpflicht (“the rule that a player cannot forgo a move”)


reina

reines (plural)
reyna (alternative obsolete)

Inherited from Old Catalan reïna (with a shift in stress), from Latin rēgīna.


reina

→ Cebuano: rayna

→ Papiamentu: reina

→ Tagalog: reyna

Inherited from Old Spanish reyna (with a shift in stress), from Latin rēgīna. Compare Italian regina and Portuguese rainha.


فيل

ar-noun

فِيل • (fīl) m (dual فِيلَان (fīlān), plural فِيَلَة (fiyala) or فُيُول (fuyūl) or أَفْيَال (ʔafyāl), feminine فِيلَة (fīla))

فِيل (canonical)
fīl (romanization)
فِيلَان (dual)
فِيَلَة (plural)
فُيُول (plural)
أَفْيَال (plural)
فِيلَة (feminine)
فِيل (indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْفِيل (definite informal singular triptote)
فِيل (construct informal singular triptote)
فِيلٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْفِيلُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
فِيلُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
فِيلًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
الْفِيلَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
فِيلَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
فِيلٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْفِيلِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
فِيلِ (construct genitive singular triptote)
فِيلَيْن (dual indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْفِيلَيْن (definite dual informal singular triptote)
فِيلَيْ (construct dual informal singular triptote)
فِيلَانِ (dual indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْفِيلَانِ (definite dual nominative singular triptote)
فِيلَا (construct dual nominative singular triptote)
فِيلَيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite singular triptote)
الْفِيلَيْنِ (accusative definite dual singular triptote)
فِيلَيْ (accusative construct dual singular triptote)
فِيلَيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْفِيلَيْنِ (definite dual genitive singular triptote)
فِيلَيْ (construct dual genitive singular triptote)
فِيَلَة (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite informal plural triptote)
فُيُول (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite informal plural triptote)
أَفْيَال (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite informal plural triptote)
الْفِيَلَة (ar-infl-a broken-form definite informal plural triptote)
الْفُيُول (ar-infl-a broken-form definite informal plural triptote)
الْأَفْيَال (ar-infl-a broken-form definite informal plural triptote)
فِيَلَة (ar-infl-a broken-form construct informal plural triptote)
فُيُول (ar-infl-a broken-form construct informal plural triptote)
أَفْيَال (ar-infl-a broken-form construct informal plural triptote)
فِيَلَةٌ (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite nominative plural triptote)
فُيُولٌ (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite nominative plural triptote)
أَفْيَالٌ (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite nominative plural triptote)
الْفِيَلَةُ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite nominative plural triptote)
الْفُيُولُ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite nominative plural triptote)
الْأَفْيَالُ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite nominative plural triptote)
فِيَلَةُ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct nominative plural triptote)
فُيُولُ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct nominative plural triptote)
أَفْيَالُ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct nominative plural triptote)
فِيَلَةً (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite plural triptote)
فُيُولًا (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite plural triptote)
أَفْيَالًا (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite plural triptote)
الْفِيَلَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form definite plural triptote)
الْفُيُولَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form definite plural triptote)
الْأَفْيَالَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form definite plural triptote)
فِيَلَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form construct plural triptote)
فُيُولَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form construct plural triptote)
أَفْيَالَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form construct plural triptote)
فِيَلَةٍ (ar-infl-a broken-form genitive indefinite plural triptote)
فُيُولٍ (ar-infl-a broken-form genitive indefinite plural triptote)
أَفْيَالٍ (ar-infl-a broken-form genitive indefinite plural triptote)
الْفِيَلَةِ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite genitive plural triptote)
الْفُيُولِ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite genitive plural triptote)
الْأَفْيَالِ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite genitive plural triptote)
فِيَلَةِ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct genitive plural triptote)
فُيُولِ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct genitive plural triptote)
أَفْيَالِ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct genitive plural triptote)

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فیل / фил / fil

→ Azerbaijani: فیل / фил / fil (fil)

fil / фил / פאִל

→ Judeo-Tat: fil / фил / פאִל (fil / фил / fil)

→ Central Kurdish: فیل (fîl)

→ Middle Armenian: ֆիլ (fil)

Armenian: ֆիլ (fil)

→ Old Norse: fíll

Faroese: fílur

Icelandic: fíll

⇒ Old Norse: fílsbein (“ivory”)

Icelandic: fílsbein

Danish: filsben

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: فیل (fil), ֆիլ (fil) — Armeno-Turkish
Turkish: fil
→ Albanian: fil
→ Laz: ჶილი (fili)
→ Serbo-Croatian: fȉl /фи̏л

desc

⇒ Ottoman Turkish: فیل دیشی (fildişi, “ivory”)

Turkish: fildişi

→ Romanian: fildeș

фѝлдиш / fìldiš

→ Serbo-Croatian: фѝлдиш / fìldiš

→ Greek: φίλντισι (fílntisi)

desctree

→ Persian: فیل (fil)
→ Bashkir: фил (fil)
→ Yagnobi: фил (fil)
→ Chechen: пийл (piı̇l)
→ Georgian: ჶილი (fili) — Fereydan
→ Hindi: फ़ील (fīl)
→ Kazakh: піл (pıl)
→ Kyrgyz: пил (pil)
→ Northern Kurdish: fîl
→ Pashto: پيل (pil)
→ Tajik: фил (fil)
→ Tatar: фил (fil)
→ Turkmen: pil
→ Urdu: فیل (fīl)
→ Uyghur: پىل (pil)
→ Uzbek: fil

→ Old Spanish: alfil (“bishop (chess)”)

Spanish: alfil

→ Asturian: alfil

→ Galician: alfil

→ Catalan: alfil

desc

عَظْم اَلْفِيل

⇒ Arabic: عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “ivory”)

→ Old Spanish: almalfil

Spanish: marfil

→ Galician: marfil

→ Catalan: marfil

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: marfil, almafil

Portuguese: marfim

From Middle Persian pyl (/pīl/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/pīru/), related to Egyptian ꜣbw Ab-b-w-E26 (root of English elephant).
Cognate with Aramaic פִּילָא (pīlā) and Hebrew פיל (píl). Compare also Old Armenian փիղ (pʻił), Persian پیل (pil), Sanskrit पीलु (pīlu).

(chess) bishop (use the dual to pluralize)


norm

From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”). Doublet of norma.

норма

math: function that maps vectors to non-negative reals

(chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.


roi

rois (plural)
reine (feminine)
roy (alternative)

Antillean Creole: wa

Guianese Creole: rwè

Haitian Creole: wa

(perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa
→ English: loa

Karipúna Creole French: hué

Louisiana Creole: rwa

Seychellois Creole: lerwa

Inherited from Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem.

au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois


roi

fro-noun

roi oblique singular, m (oblique plural rois, nominative singular rois, nominative plural roi)

roi oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
rois (oblique plural)
rois (nominative singular)
roi (nominative plural)
rex (alternative)
rei (alternative)
rai (alternative)
roy (alternative)

desctree

Middle French: roy
French: roi, roy (obsolete) (pre-1800)
Antillean Creole: wa
Guianese Creole: rwè
Haitian Creole: wa
(perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa
→ English: loa
Karipúna Creole French: hué
Louisiana Creole: rwa
Seychellois Creole: lerwa

Norman:

Continental Normandy: rei

Guernsey: ré, roué

Jersey: rouai

Sark: rwe

Walloon: roy, rwè

→ Middle English: roy, roye

English: roy


เม็ด

th-noun

เม็ด • (mét)

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ, Lao ເມັດ (met), Lü ᦵᦙᧆ (med), Tai Dam ꪣꪲꪒ, Shan မဵတ်ႉ (mâ̰et). Doublet of เมล็ด (má-lét) and เล็ด (lét).


hopper

From Middle English hoppere, alteration of *hoppe (found in grashoppe (“grasshopper”)), from Old English *hoppa (“one who hops, hopper”), equivalent to hop + -er. Cognate with Dutch hopper (“hopper”), Swedish hoppare (“hopper, jumper”), Icelandic hoppari (“hopper”).

der

(chess) A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.


contempt

en-noun

contempt (countable and uncountable, plural contempts)

contempts (plural)
cōtempt (alternative obsolete)
cõtempt (alternative obsolete)

From Latin contemptus (“scorn”), from contemnō (“I scorn, despise”), from com- + temnō (“I despise”). Displaced native Old English forsewennes.

(chess, uncountable) Ellipsis of contempt factor.


caballo

es-noun

caballo m (plural caballos, feminine yegua, feminine plural yeguas)

caballos (plural)
yegua (feminine)
yeguas (feminine plural)

Chavacano: caballo

Papiamentu: cabai

→ Alcozauca Mixtec: kuái̱

→ Aymara: kawallu

→ Bikol Central: kabayo

→ Cahuilla: kaváayu

→ Cebuano: kabayo

→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: kauayoj

→ Central Nahuatl: cahuayoh

→ Chamicuro: kawali

→ Chaná: kuayó, cauáio (uncertain)

→ Chol: cawayuʼ

desc

→ Classical Nahuatl: cahuāllo, caballo, cahualloh, cahuayo, cauallo, cavallo

→ Guaraní: kavaju

→ Ilocano: kabalio

→ Ivatan: kabayu

→ Kavalan: kbayu

→ Kapampangan: kabayu

→ Lake Miwok: kawáj

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: cahua̱yoj

→ Mapudungun: kawell, kawellu

→ Maranao: kabayo

→ Mbyá Guaraní: kavaju

→ Nivaclé: cuvôyu

→ O'odham: kaviyu

→ Papantla Totonac: kawayu

→ Paraguayan Guaraní: kavaju

→ Pipil: kāwayu

→ Quechua: kawallu

→ Sayula Popoluca: cawa̱yu

→ Seri: caay

→ Tagalog: kabayo

→ Waray-Waray: kabayo

→ Yatzachi Zapotec: cabey

→ Yosondúa Mixtec: kuayu

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: cabayw

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin. Compare Portuguese cavalo.

inh+

a caballo regalado no le mires el diente


horizon

Inherited from Middle English orisonte, orisoun, from Middle French horizon, horizonte, from Old French orisonte, orison, via Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).

(computer chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.


promotion

en-noun

promotion (countable and uncountable, plural promotions)

/pɹəˈmoʊʃən/

/pɹəˈməʊʃən/

Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin promotio, from Latin promoveo (“I move forward”).

(chess) Transformation of a pawn into a piece (by reaching the opponent's back rank).


patzer

Uncertain, but probably from German Patzer (“bungler”), from patzen.

If you have learned the principle that it is inadvisable to move the same piece twice in the opening you would probably imagine that these guys are patzers.

2004 September 5, Nigel Short, The Sunday Telegraph:

(chess, informal, derogatory) Synonym of woodpusher: a bad player.


paard

nl-noun

paard n (plural paarden, diminutive paardje n)

paarden (plural)
paardje (diminutive neuter)
perd (alternative dialectal)
peerd (alternative dialectal)

desctree

Afrikaans: perd
→ Phuthi: ipere
→ Sotho: pere

Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd

→ English: prad

From Middle Dutch pert, pāert, from Old Dutch *pered, *perid, from Proto-West Germanic *parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus. Compare German Pferd. Doublet of palefroot.


prophylaxis

en-noun

prophylaxis (countable and uncountable, plural prophylaxes)

From Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “a watching, guarding”).

(chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.


transpose

en-verb

transpose (third-person singular simple present transposes, present participle transposing, simple past and past participle transposed)

transposes (present singular third-person)
transposing (participle present)
transposed (participle past)
transposed (past)

From Middle English transposen, from Old French transposer, from Latin trānspositus, perfect passive participle of trānspōnō (“to put across”), from trāns (“across”) + pōnō (“to put”).

After e6, the opening transposed to a Sicilian.

(intransitive, chess) To reach a position that may also be obtained from a different move order.


ĉevalo

eo-head

ĉevalo (accusative singular ĉevalon, plural ĉevaloj, accusative plural ĉevalojn)

ĉevalon (accusative singular)
ĉevaloj (plural)
ĉevalojn (accusative plural)
chevalo (alternative)
cxevalo (alternative)


promote

en-verb

promote (third-person singular simple present promotes, present participle promoting, simple past and past participle promoted)

promotes (present singular third-person)
promoting (participle present)
promoted (participle past)
promoted (past)

From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).

Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.

(transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.

umwandeln

replace a pawn by a different chess piece


zwischenzug

From German Zwischenzug, from zwischen (“between”) + Zug (“move”).

2002, Eric Schiller, Standard Chess Openings, second edition, Cardoza Publishing, New York; Game (132).
After 12.g4 Be6; Black's 11th move becomes a zwischenzug to provoke another White pawn weakness.

(chess) A tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.


quad

Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple.
The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.

Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).

(chess) A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.


on time

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Smith beat Jones on time.

(chess) By a player's running out of time.


GM

en-noun

GM (countable and uncountable, plural GMs)

(countable, chess) Initialism of Grandmaster or grandmaster.


outpost

(chess) A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.


tactic

tactics (plural)
tactick (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from New Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to order, to arrange”).

der

(chess) A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.


reĝo

eo-head

reĝo (accusative singular reĝon, plural reĝoj, accusative plural reĝojn)

reĝon (accusative singular)
reĝoj (plural)
reĝojn (accusative plural)
regho (alternative)
regxo (alternative)

→ Ido: rejo

From Latin rex, regis (“king”). Doublet of raĝo via Proto-Indo-European. Compare Interlingua rege (“king”) and Volapük reg (“queen, king”).

la trefa reĝo


matt

mati (genitive)
matti (partitive)
matt (nominative singular)
matid (nominative plural)
matt (accusative nominative singular)
matid (accusative nominative plural)
mati (accusative genitive singular)
matid (accusative genitive plural)
mati (genitive singular)
mattide (genitive plural)
matti (partitive singular)
matte (partitive plural)
mattisid (partitive plural)
matti (illative singular)
matisse (illative singular)
mattidesse (illative plural)
matesse (illative plural)
matis (inessive singular)
mattides (inessive plural)
mates (inessive plural)
matist (elative singular)
mattidest (elative plural)
matest (elative plural)
matile (allative singular)
mattidele (allative plural)
matele (allative plural)
matil (adessive singular)
mattidel (adessive plural)
matel (adessive plural)
matilt (ablative singular)
mattidelt (ablative plural)
matelt (ablative plural)
matiks (singular translative)
mattideks (plural translative)
mateks (plural translative)
matini (singular terminative)
mattideni (plural terminative)
matina (essive singular)
mattidena (essive plural)
matita (abessive singular)
mattideta (abessive plural)
matiga (comitative singular)
mattidega (comitative plural)

Ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).


matt

head

matt (neuter singular matt, definite singular and plural matte, comparative mattere, indefinite superlative mattest, definite superlative matteste)

matt (neuter singular)
matte (definite plural singular)
mattere (comparative)
mattest (indefinite superlative)
matteste (definite superlative)


matt

matt (neuter singular matt, definite singular and plural matte, comparative mattare, indefinite superlative mattast, definite superlative mattaste)

matt (neuter singular)
matte (definite plural singular)
mattare (comparative)
mattast (indefinite superlative)
mattaste (definite superlative)


matt

matt (comparative mattare, superlative mattast)

mattare (comparative)
mattast (superlative)
matt (indefinite positive)
mattare (comparative indefinite)
mattast (indefinite superlative)
matt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mattare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mattast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
matta (indefinite plural positive)
mattare (comparative indefinite plural)
mattast (indefinite plural superlative)
matte (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mattare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mattast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
matte (definite masculine positive singular)
mattare (comparative definite masculine singular)
mattaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
matta (definite positive)
mattare (comparative definite)
mattaste (definite superlative)

(chess) checkmate, in the phrase göra någon matt


tuli

tule (genitive)
tuld (partitive)
tuli (nominative singular)
tuled (nominative plural)
tuli (accusative nominative singular)
tuled (accusative nominative plural)
tule (accusative genitive singular)
tuled (accusative genitive plural)
tule (genitive singular)
tulede (genitive plural)
tuld (partitive singular)
tulesid (partitive plural)
tulle (illative singular)
tulesse (illative singular)
tuledesse (illative plural)
tules (inessive singular)
tuledes (inessive plural)
tulest (elative singular)
tuledest (elative plural)
tulele (allative singular)
tuledele (allative plural)
tulel (adessive singular)
tuledel (adessive plural)
tulelt (ablative singular)
tuledelt (ablative plural)
tuleks (singular translative)
tuledeks (plural translative)
tuleni (singular terminative)
tuledeni (plural terminative)
tulena (essive singular)
tuledena (essive plural)
tuleta (abessive singular)
tuledeta (abessive plural)
tulega (comitative singular)
tuledega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *tuli, from Proto-Uralic *tule.


chevalier

fro-noun

chevalier oblique singular, m (oblique plural chevaliers, nominative singular chevaliers, nominative plural chevalier)

chevalier oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
chevaliers (oblique plural)
chevaliers (nominative singular)
chevalier (nominative plural)
cevalier (alternative)
chevaler (alternative Anglo-Norman)
chivaler (alternative Anglo-Norman)

desctree

Middle French: chevalier, shyvalere
French: chevalier
→ Ottoman Turkish: شوالیه (şövalye)
Turkish: şövalye
→ Persian: شوالیه (šovâliye)
Norman: quevalier
Picard: cvalier
Bourguignon: chevaulei

→ Middle English: chivaler, chevaler, chevalere, chevalier, chevaller, chevelere, chyvaler, chyvalour
English: chevalier (remodelled after modern French)

From Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Compare Old Occitan cavalier.


king's pawn

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(chess) A pawn on the E file, where the kings start the game.


across the board

Originated with horse racing, where an "across the board" bet was one which covered first, second and third on the betting board.

(chess) Of a move or sequence of play, made in response to developments occurring in the game, as opposed to pre-planned or according to theory.


double check

double checks (plural)
double-check (alternative)
doublecheck (alternative)

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(chess, uncountable) A check delivered by two pieces simultaneously.


desperado

en-noun

desperado (plural desperadoes or desperados)

desperadoes (plural)
desperados (plural)

/dɛspəˈɹɑːdəʊ/

From obsolete Spanish desperado, past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”), from Latin disperare (“to despair, to lose hope”), from prefix dis- + sperare (“to hope”). Doublet of desperate.

der

(chess) A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.


algebraic

en-adj

algebraic (comparative more algebraic, superlative most algebraic)

more algebraic (comparative)
most algebraic (superlative)

transcendental

antonym(s) of “that is the root of some polynomial”

transcendental

antonym(s) of “whose every element is the root of some polynomial”

/ˌæl.d͡ʒɪˈbɹeɪ.ɪk/

/ˌæl.d͡ʒɪˈbɹæɪ.ɪk/

Partly from algebra + -ic and partly from French algébraïque.

(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.

algebrallinen

of a particular notation for chess moves that assigns each square a letter and a number defined from a player-independent perspective


jaque

Inherited from Old Spanish xaque, from Arabic شاه (šāh, “shah; king chess piece”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/, “king”). Doublet of cheque and escaque (“chess tile”), the latter formerly meaning "(any) chess piece" as well.
To explain the unusual rendering of Arabic -h as /k/ (-que), Coromines and Pascual suggest influence from escaque instead. They also mention an alternative idea they find less likely where the sound [h] was exaggerated as [k], cf. Medieval Latin nichil [ˈnikil]. Yet another explanation (not in Coromines and Pascual) for the /k/ is that it is from Arabic شاهك šāh-ak ("your king"), especially as it is used to announce an upcoming attack onto the enemy's king. First attested in 1283 as dar xaque ("to threaten the enemy's king").

der

No oí bien cuando me dijo « ¡Jaque! »

I didn't hear well when she said "Check!"


interference

en-noun

interference (countable and uncountable, plural interferences)

/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈfɪəɹəns/

/ˌɪntəɹˈfɪɹɪns/

From interfere + -ence. The sense in physics was likely introduced by English polymath Thomas Young, which he used as early as 1801 in a paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

(chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.


šakki

šakki (nominative singular)
šakit (nominative plural)
šakki (accusative nominative singular)
šakit (accusative nominative plural)
šakin (accusative genitive singular)
šakit (accusative genitive plural)
šakin (genitive singular)
šakkien (genitive plural)
šakkia (partitive singular)
šakkeja (partitive plural)
šakissa (inessive singular)
šakeissa (inessive plural)
šakista (elative singular)
šakeista (elative plural)
šakkiin (illative singular)
šakkeihin (illative plural)
šakilla (adessive singular)
šakeilla (adessive plural)
šakilta (ablative singular)
šakeilta (ablative plural)
šakille (allative singular)
šakeille (allative plural)
šakkina (essive singular)
šakkeina (essive plural)
šakiksi (singular translative)
šakeiksi (plural translative)
šakitta (abessive singular)
šakeitta (abessive plural)
šakein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
šakkini (nominative singular)
šakkini (nominative plural)
šakkini (accusative nominative singular)
šakkini (accusative nominative plural)
šakkini (accusative genitive singular)
šakkini (accusative genitive plural)
šakkini (genitive singular)
šakkieni (genitive plural)
šakkiani (partitive singular)
šakkejani (partitive plural)
šakissani (inessive singular)
šakeissani (inessive plural)
šakistani (elative singular)
šakeistani (elative plural)
šakkiini (illative singular)
šakkeihini (illative plural)
šakillani (adessive singular)
šakeillani (adessive plural)
šakiltani (ablative singular)
šakeiltani (ablative plural)
šakilleni (allative singular)
šakeilleni (allative plural)
šakkinani (essive singular)
šakkeinani (essive plural)
šakikseni (singular translative)
šakeikseni (plural translative)
šakittani (abessive singular)
šakeittani (abessive plural)
šakkeineni (comitative plural)
šakkisi (nominative singular)
šakkisi (nominative plural)
šakkisi (accusative nominative singular)
šakkisi (accusative nominative plural)
šakkisi (accusative genitive singular)
šakkisi (accusative genitive plural)
šakkisi (genitive singular)
šakkiesi (genitive plural)
šakkiasi (partitive singular)
šakkejasi (partitive plural)
šakissasi (inessive singular)
šakeissasi (inessive plural)
šakistasi (elative singular)
šakeistasi (elative plural)
šakkiisi (illative singular)
šakkeihisi (illative plural)
šakillasi (adessive singular)
šakeillasi (adessive plural)
šakiltasi (ablative singular)
šakeiltasi (ablative plural)
šakillesi (allative singular)
šakeillesi (allative plural)
šakkinasi (essive singular)
šakkeinasi (essive plural)
šakiksesi (singular translative)
šakeiksesi (plural translative)
šakittasi (abessive singular)
šakeittasi (abessive plural)
šakkeinesi (comitative plural)
šakkimme (nominative singular)
šakkimme (nominative plural)
šakkimme (accusative nominative singular)
šakkimme (accusative nominative plural)
šakkimme (accusative genitive singular)
šakkimme (accusative genitive plural)
šakkimme (genitive singular)
šakkiemme (genitive plural)
šakkiamme (partitive singular)
šakkejamme (partitive plural)
šakissamme (inessive singular)
šakeissamme (inessive plural)
šakistamme (elative singular)
šakeistamme (elative plural)
šakkiimme (illative singular)
šakkeihimme (illative plural)
šakillamme (adessive singular)
šakeillamme (adessive plural)
šakiltamme (ablative singular)
šakeiltamme (ablative plural)
šakillemme (allative singular)
šakeillemme (allative plural)
šakkinamme (essive singular)
šakkeinamme (essive plural)
šakiksemme (singular translative)
šakeiksemme (plural translative)
šakittamme (abessive singular)
šakeittamme (abessive plural)
šakkeinemme (comitative plural)
šakkinne (nominative singular)
šakkinne (nominative plural)
šakkinne (accusative nominative singular)
šakkinne (accusative nominative plural)
šakkinne (accusative genitive singular)
šakkinne (accusative genitive plural)
šakkinne (genitive singular)
šakkienne (genitive plural)
šakkianne (partitive singular)
šakkejanne (partitive plural)
šakissanne (inessive singular)
šakeissanne (inessive plural)
šakistanne (elative singular)
šakeistanne (elative plural)
šakkiinne (illative singular)
šakkeihinne (illative plural)
šakillanne (adessive singular)
šakeillanne (adessive plural)
šakiltanne (ablative singular)
šakeiltanne (ablative plural)
šakillenne (allative singular)
šakeillenne (allative plural)
šakkinanne (essive singular)
šakkeinanne (essive plural)
šakiksenne (singular translative)
šakeiksenne (plural translative)
šakittanne (abessive singular)
šakeittanne (abessive plural)
šakkeinenne (comitative plural)
šakkinsa (nominative singular)
šakkinsa (nominative plural)
šakkinsa (accusative nominative singular)
šakkinsa (accusative nominative plural)
šakkinsa (accusative genitive singular)
šakkinsa (accusative genitive plural)
šakkinsa (genitive singular)
šakkiensa (genitive plural)
šakkiaan (partitive singular)
šakkiansa (partitive singular)
šakkejaan (partitive plural)
šakkejansa (partitive plural)
šakissaan (inessive singular)
šakissansa (inessive singular)
šakeissaan (inessive plural)
šakeissansa (inessive plural)
šakistaan (elative singular)
šakistansa (elative singular)
šakeistaan (elative plural)
šakeistansa (elative plural)
šakkiinsa (illative singular)
šakkeihinsa (illative plural)
šakillaan (adessive singular)
šakillansa (adessive singular)
šakeillaan (adessive plural)
šakeillansa (adessive plural)
šakiltaan (ablative singular)
šakiltansa (ablative singular)
šakeiltaan (ablative plural)
šakeiltansa (ablative plural)
šakilleen (allative singular)
šakillensa (allative singular)
šakeilleen (allative plural)
šakeillensa (allative plural)
šakkinaan (essive singular)
šakkinansa (essive singular)
šakkeinaan (essive plural)
šakkeinansa (essive plural)
šakikseen (singular translative)
šakiksensa (singular translative)
šakeikseen (plural translative)
šakeiksensa (plural translative)
šakittaan (abessive singular)
šakittansa (abessive singular)
šakeittaan (abessive plural)
šakeittansa (abessive plural)
šakkeineen (comitative plural)
šakkeinensa (comitative plural)
shakki (alternative)
sakki (alternative)

From Swedish schack, from German Schach.


shakki

shakki (nominative singular)
shakit (nominative plural)
shakki (accusative nominative singular)
shakit (accusative nominative plural)
shakin (accusative genitive singular)
shakit (accusative genitive plural)
shakin (genitive singular)
shakkien (genitive plural)
shakkia (partitive singular)
shakkeja (partitive plural)
shakissa (inessive singular)
shakeissa (inessive plural)
shakista (elative singular)
shakeista (elative plural)
shakkiin (illative singular)
shakkeihin (illative plural)
shakilla (adessive singular)
shakeilla (adessive plural)
shakilta (ablative singular)
shakeilta (ablative plural)
shakille (allative singular)
shakeille (allative plural)
shakkina (essive singular)
shakkeina (essive plural)
shakiksi (singular translative)
shakeiksi (plural translative)
shakitta (abessive singular)
shakeitta (abessive plural)
shakein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
shakkini (nominative singular)
shakkini (nominative plural)
shakkini (accusative nominative singular)
shakkini (accusative nominative plural)
shakkini (accusative genitive singular)
shakkini (accusative genitive plural)
shakkini (genitive singular)
shakkieni (genitive plural)
shakkiani (partitive singular)
shakkejani (partitive plural)
shakissani (inessive singular)
shakeissani (inessive plural)
shakistani (elative singular)
shakeistani (elative plural)
shakkiini (illative singular)
shakkeihini (illative plural)
shakillani (adessive singular)
shakeillani (adessive plural)
shakiltani (ablative singular)
shakeiltani (ablative plural)
shakilleni (allative singular)
shakeilleni (allative plural)
shakkinani (essive singular)
shakkeinani (essive plural)
shakikseni (singular translative)
shakeikseni (plural translative)
shakittani (abessive singular)
shakeittani (abessive plural)
shakkeineni (comitative plural)
shakkisi (nominative singular)
shakkisi (nominative plural)
shakkisi (accusative nominative singular)
shakkisi (accusative nominative plural)
shakkisi (accusative genitive singular)
shakkisi (accusative genitive plural)
shakkisi (genitive singular)
shakkiesi (genitive plural)
shakkiasi (partitive singular)
shakkejasi (partitive plural)
shakissasi (inessive singular)
shakeissasi (inessive plural)
shakistasi (elative singular)
shakeistasi (elative plural)
shakkiisi (illative singular)
shakkeihisi (illative plural)
shakillasi (adessive singular)
shakeillasi (adessive plural)
shakiltasi (ablative singular)
shakeiltasi (ablative plural)
shakillesi (allative singular)
shakeillesi (allative plural)
shakkinasi (essive singular)
shakkeinasi (essive plural)
shakiksesi (singular translative)
shakeiksesi (plural translative)
shakittasi (abessive singular)
shakeittasi (abessive plural)
shakkeinesi (comitative plural)
shakkimme (nominative singular)
shakkimme (nominative plural)
shakkimme (accusative nominative singular)
shakkimme (accusative nominative plural)
shakkimme (accusative genitive singular)
shakkimme (accusative genitive plural)
shakkimme (genitive singular)
shakkiemme (genitive plural)
shakkiamme (partitive singular)
shakkejamme (partitive plural)
shakissamme (inessive singular)
shakeissamme (inessive plural)
shakistamme (elative singular)
shakeistamme (elative plural)
shakkiimme (illative singular)
shakkeihimme (illative plural)
shakillamme (adessive singular)
shakeillamme (adessive plural)
shakiltamme (ablative singular)
shakeiltamme (ablative plural)
shakillemme (allative singular)
shakeillemme (allative plural)
shakkinamme (essive singular)
shakkeinamme (essive plural)
shakiksemme (singular translative)
shakeiksemme (plural translative)
shakittamme (abessive singular)
shakeittamme (abessive plural)
shakkeinemme (comitative plural)
shakkinne (nominative singular)
shakkinne (nominative plural)
shakkinne (accusative nominative singular)
shakkinne (accusative nominative plural)
shakkinne (accusative genitive singular)
shakkinne (accusative genitive plural)
shakkinne (genitive singular)
shakkienne (genitive plural)
shakkianne (partitive singular)
shakkejanne (partitive plural)
shakissanne (inessive singular)
shakeissanne (inessive plural)
shakistanne (elative singular)
shakeistanne (elative plural)
shakkiinne (illative singular)
shakkeihinne (illative plural)
shakillanne (adessive singular)
shakeillanne (adessive plural)
shakiltanne (ablative singular)
shakeiltanne (ablative plural)
shakillenne (allative singular)
shakeillenne (allative plural)
shakkinanne (essive singular)
shakkeinanne (essive plural)
shakiksenne (singular translative)
shakeiksenne (plural translative)
shakittanne (abessive singular)
shakeittanne (abessive plural)
shakkeinenne (comitative plural)
shakkinsa (nominative singular)
shakkinsa (nominative plural)
shakkinsa (accusative nominative singular)
shakkinsa (accusative nominative plural)
shakkinsa (accusative genitive singular)
shakkinsa (accusative genitive plural)
shakkinsa (genitive singular)
shakkiensa (genitive plural)
shakkiaan (partitive singular)
shakkiansa (partitive singular)
shakkejaan (partitive plural)
shakkejansa (partitive plural)
shakissaan (inessive singular)
shakissansa (inessive singular)
shakeissaan (inessive plural)
shakeissansa (inessive plural)
shakistaan (elative singular)
shakistansa (elative singular)
shakeistaan (elative plural)
shakeistansa (elative plural)
shakkiinsa (illative singular)
shakkeihinsa (illative plural)
shakillaan (adessive singular)
shakillansa (adessive singular)
shakeillaan (adessive plural)
shakeillansa (adessive plural)
shakiltaan (ablative singular)
shakiltansa (ablative singular)
shakeiltaan (ablative plural)
shakeiltansa (ablative plural)
shakilleen (allative singular)
shakillensa (allative singular)
shakeilleen (allative plural)
shakeillensa (allative plural)
shakkinaan (essive singular)
shakkinansa (essive singular)
shakkeinaan (essive plural)
shakkeinansa (essive plural)
shakikseen (singular translative)
shakiksensa (singular translative)
shakeikseen (plural translative)
shakeiksensa (plural translative)
shakittaan (abessive singular)
shakittansa (abessive singular)
shakeittaan (abessive plural)
shakeittansa (abessive plural)
shakkeineen (comitative plural)
shakkeinensa (comitative plural)
šakki (alternative)


kuningas

head

kuningas (genitive kuninga, partitive kuningat)

kuninga (genitive)
kuningat (partitive)
kuningas (nominative singular)
kuningad (nominative plural)
kuningas (accusative nominative singular)
kuningad (accusative nominative plural)
kuninga (accusative genitive singular)
kuningad (accusative genitive plural)
kuninga (genitive singular)
kuningate (genitive plural)
kuningat (partitive singular)
kuningaid (partitive plural)
kuningasse (illative singular)
kuningatesse (illative plural)
kuningaisse (illative plural)
kuningas (inessive singular)
kuningates (inessive plural)
kuningais (inessive plural)
kuningast (elative singular)
kuningatest (elative plural)
kuningaist (elative plural)
kuningale (allative singular)
kuningatele (allative plural)
kuningaile (allative plural)
kuningal (adessive singular)
kuningatel (adessive plural)
kuningail (adessive plural)
kuningalt (ablative singular)
kuningatelt (ablative plural)
kuningailt (ablative plural)
kuningaks (singular translative)
kuningateks (plural translative)
kuningaiks (plural translative)
kuningani (singular terminative)
kuningateni (plural terminative)
kuningana (essive singular)
kuningatena (essive plural)
kuningata (abessive singular)
kuningateta (abessive plural)
kuningaga (comitative singular)
kuningatega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.


kuningas

kuningas (nominative singular)
kuninkaat (nominative plural)
kuningas (accusative nominative singular)
kuninkaat (accusative nominative plural)
kuninkaan (accusative genitive singular)
kuninkaat (accusative genitive plural)
kuninkaan (genitive singular)
kuninkaiden (genitive plural)
kuninkaitten (genitive plural)
kuningasten (genitive plural rare)
kuningasta (partitive singular)
kuninkaita (partitive plural)
kuninkaassa (inessive singular)
kuninkaissa (inessive plural)
kuninkaasta (elative singular)
kuninkaista (elative plural)
kuninkaaseen (illative singular)
kuninkaisiin (illative plural)
kuninkaihin (illative plural rare)
kuninkaalla (adessive singular)
kuninkailla (adessive plural)
kuninkaalta (ablative singular)
kuninkailta (ablative plural)
kuninkaalle (allative singular)
kuninkaille (allative plural)
kuninkaana (essive singular)
kuninkaina (essive plural)
kuninkaaksi (singular translative)
kuninkaiksi (plural translative)
kuninkaatta (abessive singular)
kuninkaitta (abessive plural)
kuninkain (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kuninkaani (nominative singular)
kuninkaani (nominative plural)
kuninkaani (accusative nominative singular)
kuninkaani (accusative nominative plural)
kuninkaani (accusative genitive singular)
kuninkaani (accusative genitive plural)
kuninkaani (genitive singular)
kuninkaideni (genitive plural)
kuninkaitteni (genitive plural)
kuningasteni (genitive plural rare)
kuningastani (partitive singular)
kuninkaitani (partitive plural)
kuninkaassani (inessive singular)
kuninkaissani (inessive plural)
kuninkaastani (elative singular)
kuninkaistani (elative plural)
kuninkaaseeni (illative singular)
kuninkaisiini (illative plural)
kuninkaihini (illative plural rare)
kuninkaallani (adessive singular)
kuninkaillani (adessive plural)
kuninkaaltani (ablative singular)
kuninkailtani (ablative plural)
kuninkaalleni (allative singular)
kuninkailleni (allative plural)
kuninkaanani (essive singular)
kuninkainani (essive plural)
kuninkaakseni (singular translative)
kuninkaikseni (plural translative)
kuninkaattani (abessive singular)
kuninkaittani (abessive plural)
kuninkaineni (comitative plural)
kuninkaasi (nominative singular)
kuninkaasi (nominative plural)
kuninkaasi (accusative nominative singular)
kuninkaasi (accusative nominative plural)
kuninkaasi (accusative genitive singular)
kuninkaasi (accusative genitive plural)
kuninkaasi (genitive singular)
kuninkaidesi (genitive plural)
kuninkaittesi (genitive plural)
kuningastesi (genitive plural rare)
kuningastasi (partitive singular)
kuninkaitasi (partitive plural)
kuninkaassasi (inessive singular)
kuninkaissasi (inessive plural)
kuninkaastasi (elative singular)
kuninkaistasi (elative plural)
kuninkaaseesi (illative singular)
kuninkaisiisi (illative plural)
kuninkaihisi (illative plural rare)
kuninkaallasi (adessive singular)
kuninkaillasi (adessive plural)
kuninkaaltasi (ablative singular)
kuninkailtasi (ablative plural)
kuninkaallesi (allative singular)
kuninkaillesi (allative plural)
kuninkaanasi (essive singular)
kuninkainasi (essive plural)
kuninkaaksesi (singular translative)
kuninkaiksesi (plural translative)
kuninkaattasi (abessive singular)
kuninkaittasi (abessive plural)
kuninkainesi (comitative plural)
kuninkaamme (nominative singular)
kuninkaamme (nominative plural)
kuninkaamme (accusative nominative singular)
kuninkaamme (accusative nominative plural)
kuninkaamme (accusative genitive singular)
kuninkaamme (accusative genitive plural)
kuninkaamme (genitive singular)
kuninkaidemme (genitive plural)
kuninkaittemme (genitive plural)
kuningastemme (genitive plural rare)
kuningastamme (partitive singular)
kuninkaitamme (partitive plural)
kuninkaassamme (inessive singular)
kuninkaissamme (inessive plural)
kuninkaastamme (elative singular)
kuninkaistamme (elative plural)
kuninkaaseemme (illative singular)
kuninkaisiimme (illative plural)
kuninkaihimme (illative plural rare)
kuninkaallamme (adessive singular)
kuninkaillamme (adessive plural)
kuninkaaltamme (ablative singular)
kuninkailtamme (ablative plural)
kuninkaallemme (allative singular)
kuninkaillemme (allative plural)
kuninkaanamme (essive singular)
kuninkainamme (essive plural)
kuninkaaksemme (singular translative)
kuninkaiksemme (plural translative)
kuninkaattamme (abessive singular)
kuninkaittamme (abessive plural)
kuninkainemme (comitative plural)
kuninkaanne (nominative singular)
kuninkaanne (nominative plural)
kuninkaanne (accusative nominative singular)
kuninkaanne (accusative nominative plural)
kuninkaanne (accusative genitive singular)
kuninkaanne (accusative genitive plural)
kuninkaanne (genitive singular)
kuninkaidenne (genitive plural)
kuninkaittenne (genitive plural)
kuningastenne (genitive plural rare)
kuningastanne (partitive singular)
kuninkaitanne (partitive plural)
kuninkaassanne (inessive singular)
kuninkaissanne (inessive plural)
kuninkaastanne (elative singular)
kuninkaistanne (elative plural)
kuninkaaseenne (illative singular)
kuninkaisiinne (illative plural)
kuninkaihinne (illative plural rare)
kuninkaallanne (adessive singular)
kuninkaillanne (adessive plural)
kuninkaaltanne (ablative singular)
kuninkailtanne (ablative plural)
kuninkaallenne (allative singular)
kuninkaillenne (allative plural)
kuninkaananne (essive singular)
kuninkainanne (essive plural)
kuninkaaksenne (singular translative)
kuninkaiksenne (plural translative)
kuninkaattanne (abessive singular)
kuninkaittanne (abessive plural)
kuninkainenne (comitative plural)
kuninkaansa (nominative singular)
kuninkaansa (nominative plural)
kuninkaansa (accusative nominative singular)
kuninkaansa (accusative nominative plural)
kuninkaansa (accusative genitive singular)
kuninkaansa (accusative genitive plural)
kuninkaansa (genitive singular)
kuninkaidensa (genitive plural)
kuninkaittensa (genitive plural)
kuningastensa (genitive plural rare)
kuningastaan (partitive singular)
kuningastansa (partitive singular)
kuninkaitaan (partitive plural)
kuninkaitansa (partitive plural)
kuninkaassaan (inessive singular)
kuninkaassansa (inessive singular)
kuninkaissaan (inessive plural)
kuninkaissansa (inessive plural)
kuninkaastaan (elative singular)
kuninkaastansa (elative singular)
kuninkaistaan (elative plural)
kuninkaistansa (elative plural)
kuninkaaseensa (illative singular)
kuninkaisiinsa (illative plural)
kuninkaihinsa (illative plural rare)
kuninkaallaan (adessive singular)
kuninkaallansa (adessive singular)
kuninkaillaan (adessive plural)
kuninkaillansa (adessive plural)
kuninkaaltaan (ablative singular)
kuninkaaltansa (ablative singular)
kuninkailtaan (ablative plural)
kuninkailtansa (ablative plural)
kuninkaalleen (allative singular)
kuninkaallensa (allative singular)
kuninkailleen (allative plural)
kuninkaillensa (allative plural)
kuninkaanaan (essive singular)
kuninkaanansa (essive singular)
kuninkainaan (essive plural)
kuninkainansa (essive plural)
kuninkaakseen (singular translative)
kuninkaaksensa (singular translative)
kuninkaikseen (plural translative)
kuninkaiksensa (plural translative)
kuninkaattaan (abessive singular)
kuninkaattansa (abessive singular)
kuninkaittaan (abessive plural)
kuninkaittansa (abessive plural)
kuninkaineen (comitative plural)
kuninkainensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

patakuningas


kuningatar

kuningatar (nominative singular)
kuningattaret (nominative plural)
kuningatar (accusative nominative singular)
kuningattaret (accusative nominative plural)
kuningattaren (accusative genitive singular)
kuningattaret (accusative genitive plural)
kuningattaren (genitive singular)
kuningattarien (genitive plural)
kuningatarten (genitive plural)
kuningatarta (partitive singular)
kuningattaria (partitive plural)
kuningattaressa (inessive singular)
kuningattarissa (inessive plural)
kuningattaresta (elative singular)
kuningattarista (elative plural)
kuningattareen (illative singular)
kuningattariin (illative plural)
kuningattarella (adessive singular)
kuningattarilla (adessive plural)
kuningattarelta (ablative singular)
kuningattarilta (ablative plural)
kuningattarelle (allative singular)
kuningattarille (allative plural)
kuningattarena (essive singular)
kuningattarina (essive plural)
kuningattareksi (singular translative)
kuningattariksi (plural translative)
kuningattaretta (abessive singular)
kuningattaritta (abessive plural)
kuningattarin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kuningattareni (nominative singular)
kuningattareni (nominative plural)
kuningattareni (accusative nominative singular)
kuningattareni (accusative nominative plural)
kuningattareni (accusative genitive singular)
kuningattareni (accusative genitive plural)
kuningattareni (genitive singular)
kuningattarieni (genitive plural)
kuningatarteni (genitive plural)
kuningatartani (partitive singular)
kuningattariani (partitive plural)
kuningattaressani (inessive singular)
kuningattarissani (inessive plural)
kuningattarestani (elative singular)
kuningattaristani (elative plural)
kuningattareeni (illative singular)
kuningattariini (illative plural)
kuningattarellani (adessive singular)
kuningattarillani (adessive plural)
kuningattareltani (ablative singular)
kuningattariltani (ablative plural)
kuningattarelleni (allative singular)
kuningattarilleni (allative plural)
kuningattarenani (essive singular)
kuningattarinani (essive plural)
kuningattarekseni (singular translative)
kuningattarikseni (plural translative)
kuningattarettani (abessive singular)
kuningattarittani (abessive plural)
kuningattarineni (comitative plural)
kuningattaresi (nominative singular)
kuningattaresi (nominative plural)
kuningattaresi (accusative nominative singular)
kuningattaresi (accusative nominative plural)
kuningattaresi (accusative genitive singular)
kuningattaresi (accusative genitive plural)
kuningattaresi (genitive singular)
kuningattariesi (genitive plural)
kuningatartesi (genitive plural)
kuningatartasi (partitive singular)
kuningattariasi (partitive plural)
kuningattaressasi (inessive singular)
kuningattarissasi (inessive plural)
kuningattarestasi (elative singular)
kuningattaristasi (elative plural)
kuningattareesi (illative singular)
kuningattariisi (illative plural)
kuningattarellasi (adessive singular)
kuningattarillasi (adessive plural)
kuningattareltasi (ablative singular)
kuningattariltasi (ablative plural)
kuningattarellesi (allative singular)
kuningattarillesi (allative plural)
kuningattarenasi (essive singular)
kuningattarinasi (essive plural)
kuningattareksesi (singular translative)
kuningattariksesi (plural translative)
kuningattarettasi (abessive singular)
kuningattarittasi (abessive plural)
kuningattarinesi (comitative plural)
kuningattaremme (nominative singular)
kuningattaremme (nominative plural)
kuningattaremme (accusative nominative singular)
kuningattaremme (accusative nominative plural)
kuningattaremme (accusative genitive singular)
kuningattaremme (accusative genitive plural)
kuningattaremme (genitive singular)
kuningattariemme (genitive plural)
kuningatartemme (genitive plural)
kuningatartamme (partitive singular)
kuningattariamme (partitive plural)
kuningattaressamme (inessive singular)
kuningattarissamme (inessive plural)
kuningattarestamme (elative singular)
kuningattaristamme (elative plural)
kuningattareemme (illative singular)
kuningattariimme (illative plural)
kuningattarellamme (adessive singular)
kuningattarillamme (adessive plural)
kuningattareltamme (ablative singular)
kuningattariltamme (ablative plural)
kuningattarellemme (allative singular)
kuningattarillemme (allative plural)
kuningattarenamme (essive singular)
kuningattarinamme (essive plural)
kuningattareksemme (singular translative)
kuningattariksemme (plural translative)
kuningattarettamme (abessive singular)
kuningattarittamme (abessive plural)
kuningattarinemme (comitative plural)
kuningattarenne (nominative singular)
kuningattarenne (nominative plural)
kuningattarenne (accusative nominative singular)
kuningattarenne (accusative nominative plural)
kuningattarenne (accusative genitive singular)
kuningattarenne (accusative genitive plural)
kuningattarenne (genitive singular)
kuningattarienne (genitive plural)
kuningatartenne (genitive plural)
kuningatartanne (partitive singular)
kuningattarianne (partitive plural)
kuningattaressanne (inessive singular)
kuningattarissanne (inessive plural)
kuningattarestanne (elative singular)
kuningattaristanne (elative plural)
kuningattareenne (illative singular)
kuningattariinne (illative plural)
kuningattarellanne (adessive singular)
kuningattarillanne (adessive plural)
kuningattareltanne (ablative singular)
kuningattariltanne (ablative plural)
kuningattarellenne (allative singular)
kuningattarillenne (allative plural)
kuningattarenanne (essive singular)
kuningattarinanne (essive plural)
kuningattareksenne (singular translative)
kuningattariksenne (plural translative)
kuningattarettanne (abessive singular)
kuningattarittanne (abessive plural)
kuningattarinenne (comitative plural)
kuningattarensa (nominative singular)
kuningattarensa (nominative plural)
kuningattarensa (accusative nominative singular)
kuningattarensa (accusative nominative plural)
kuningattarensa (accusative genitive singular)
kuningattarensa (accusative genitive plural)
kuningattarensa (genitive singular)
kuningattariensa (genitive plural)
kuningatartensa (genitive plural)
kuningatartaan (partitive singular)
kuningatartansa (partitive singular)
kuningattariaan (partitive plural)
kuningattariansa (partitive plural)
kuningattaressaan (inessive singular)
kuningattaressansa (inessive singular)
kuningattarissaan (inessive plural)
kuningattarissansa (inessive plural)
kuningattarestaan (elative singular)
kuningattarestansa (elative singular)
kuningattaristaan (elative plural)
kuningattaristansa (elative plural)
kuningattareensa (illative singular)
kuningattariinsa (illative plural)
kuningattarellaan (adessive singular)
kuningattarellansa (adessive singular)
kuningattarillaan (adessive plural)
kuningattarillansa (adessive plural)
kuningattareltaan (ablative singular)
kuningattareltansa (ablative singular)
kuningattariltaan (ablative plural)
kuningattariltansa (ablative plural)
kuningattarelleen (allative singular)
kuningattarellensa (allative singular)
kuningattarilleen (allative plural)
kuningattarillensa (allative plural)
kuningattarenaan (essive singular)
kuningattarenansa (essive singular)
kuningattarinaan (essive plural)
kuningattarinansa (essive plural)
kuningattarekseen (singular translative)
kuningattareksensa (singular translative)
kuningattarikseen (plural translative)
kuningattariksensa (plural translative)
kuningattarettaan (abessive singular)
kuningattarettansa (abessive singular)
kuningattarittaan (abessive plural)
kuningattarittansa (abessive plural)
kuningattarineen (comitative plural)
kuningattarinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈkuniŋˌŋɑ̝t̪ɑ̝r]

kuningas (“king”) + -tar (“-ess”). Coined by Finnish explorer, historian and author Carl Axel Gottlund in 1828. The cooking sense originally from kuningatarhillo, making it a semantic loan from Swedish drottning (from drottningsylt)

coin

queen (female monarch, or wife of a king)


цар

bg-noun

цар • (car) m (feminine цари́ца, relational adjective ца́рски)

car (romanization)
цари́ца (feminine)
ца́рски (adjective relational)
цар (indefinite singular)
царе́ (indefinite plural)
ца́рят (definite singular subjective)
царе́те (definite plural subjective)
ца́ря (definite objective singular)
царе́те (definite objective plural)
царю́ (singular vocative)
царе́ (plural vocative)

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

bg:цар (пояснение)


fianchetto

/fɪənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/

/fɪənˈkɛtəʊ/

From Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).

I’m not a hero, I’m not even a chessboard knight. Trying to be a priest was something of a fianchetto wasn’t it? Clever move by a poor player.

1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies, →ISBN:

(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.


fianchetto

en-verb

fianchetto (third-person singular simple present fianchettos or fianchettoes, present participle fianchettoing, simple past and past participle fianchettoed)

fianchettos (present singular third-person)
fianchettoes (present singular third-person)
fianchettoing (participle present)
fianchettoed (participle past)
fianchettoed (past)

/fɪənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/

/fɪənˈkɛtəʊ/


fianchetto

→ English: fianchetto

→ Spanish: fianchetto


fianchetto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fianchetto.

ubor

(chess) fianchetto (development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file)


fianchetto

fianchettos (plural)
fiancheto (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).


Stonewall

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Stonewall.wav

From stone + wall. The drink is so named because its effect is likened to running into a stone wall. The riots take their name from the Stonewall Inn where they began (in the 1840s, the property was called Bonnie's Stone Wall, later renamed to Bonnie's Stonewall Inn, then the Stonewall Inn Restaurant, and then the Stonewall Inn). The Confederate general acquired his nickname after a battle in which, while other troops were in motion, fellow general Barnard E. Bee observed "there stands Jackson like a stone wall" (either resolutely, or unhelpfully). The chess setup is so named because it is a solid formation which is hard to overrun by force, like a stone wall.

the Stonewall attack, a Stonewall setup, a Stonewall formation

(chess) A formation in chess (a variation of the Queen's Pawn Game) in which white plays pawns to d4 and several other positions, requiring black to react energetically (see Stonewall Attack).


swindle

en-verb

swindle (third-person singular simple present swindles, present participle swindling, simple past and past participle swindled)

swindles (present singular third-person)
swindling (participle present)
swindled (participle past)
swindled (past)

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”).
See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).

cog

(chess) For a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.


swindle

(chess) An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.


B

From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.
* (billion): abbreviation of billion
* (cricket): abbreviation of balls
* (bitch): abbreviation of bitch

1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)

2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 23:

The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+
Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+.

2023 August 12, GM Noël Studer, “Mastering Chess Puzzles: The Comprehensive Guide to Effective Problem Solving”, in Next Level Chess:


C

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ce4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6e.p. Cxd6 7. Fg5 Cc6 8.De3+ Fe7 9.Cbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Rb1 (=)

2023 April 10, “Les règles du jeu d’échecs 2023”, in FIDE, page 17:

(chess) abbreviation of cavalier (“knight”): K


C

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ce4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6 a.p. Cxd6; 7.Ag5 Cc68.De3+ Ae7 9.Cbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Rb1(=).

2023 April 10, “Leyes Del Ajedrez 2023”, in FIDE, page 27:

(chess) abbreviation of caballo (“knight”): K


D

(chess) abbreviation of dame (“queen”): Q


D

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Se4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6 e.p. Sxd6 7.Lg5 Sc6 8.De3 + Le7 9.Sbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Kb1 (=)

2023 April 10, “Übersetzung der FIDE-Schachregeln gültig ab 1. Januar 2023”, in FIDE, page 25:

(chess) abbreviation of Dame (“queen”): Q


D

(chess) abbreviation of dama (“queen”): Q


Dame

Dame (genitive)
Damen (plural)
Dame (nominative singular)
Damen (definite nominative plural)
Dame (genitive singular)
Damen (definite genitive plural)
Dame (dative singular)
Damen (dative definite plural)
Dame (accusative singular)
Damen (accusative definite plural)

From French dame, from Latin domina (“mistress, lady”). Cognate with English dame.


Gambit

de-noun

Gambit n (strong, genitive Gambits, plural Gambits)

Gambits (genitive)
Gambits (plural)
Gambit (nominative singular)
Gambits (definite nominative plural)
Gambits (genitive singular)
Gambits (definite genitive plural)
Gambit (dative singular)
Gambits (dative definite plural)
Gambit (accusative singular)
Gambits (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Spanish gambito, from Italian gambetto.

(chess) gambit, a form of opening a chess game


K

Abbreviations.
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of counter, prefix counter-, sequence contr.

ng

prefix <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">counter-</i>, sequence contr.

(card games, chess) Abbreviation of king.


L

For the abbreviation of the name of the pieces, each player is free to use the name which is commonly used in his/her country. Examples: F = fou (French for bishop), L = loper (Dutch for bishop). In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended.

[2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE (in English), page 21:

(chess) abbreviation of loper (“bishop”)


L

(chess) abbreviation of Läufer (“bishop”)


Matt

de-noun

Matt n (strong, genitive Matts, plural Matts)

Matts (genitive)
Matts (plural)
Matt (nominative singular)
Matts (definite nominative plural)
Matts (genitive singular)
Matts (definite genitive plural)
Matt (dative singular)
Matts (dative definite plural)
Matt (accusative singular)
Matts (accusative definite plural)


Opposition

Opposition f (genitive Opposition, plural Oppositionen)

Opposition (genitive)
Oppositionen (plural)
Opposition (nominative singular)
Oppositionen (definite nominative plural)
Opposition (genitive singular)
Oppositionen (definite genitive plural)
Opposition (dative singular)
Oppositionen (dative definite plural)
Opposition (accusative singular)
Oppositionen (accusative definite plural)

(chess) In chess, when two kings face off against each other with only one square between them


P

en-noun

P (countable and uncountable, plural Ps)


Q

Q (countable and uncountable, plural Qs)

(card games, chess) Abbreviation of queen.


Remis

de-noun

Remis n (strong or mixed, genitive Remis, plural Remis or Remisen)

Remis (genitive)
Remis (plural)
Remisen (plural)
Remis (nominative singular)
Remis (definite nominative plural)
Remisen (definite nominative plural)
Remis (genitive singular)
Remis (definite genitive plural)
Remisen (definite genitive plural)
Remis (dative singular)
Remis (dative definite plural)
Remisen (dative definite plural)
Remis (accusative singular)
Remis (accusative definite plural)
Remisen (accusative definite plural)


S

es (last only when stressed, which is rare)

For the origin of the letter, see s.
Orthography and pronunciation
Single s in prevocalic position is pronounced /z/, except when it follows an obstruent within the word stem (e.g. Achse, bugsieren, Lotse, schubsen). /s/ is usually retained in recent borrowings from English (e.g. Sex), to a lesser degree also in recent borrowings from other languages (e.g. Salsa). Words from the classical languages and pre-1900 loanwords behave like native words.
Stem-initial st and sp are pronounced /ʃt/ and /ʃp/ in native words. The same is generally true for classical and pre-1900 loanwords, though in this case we find some exceptions which are at least optionally pronounced with /st/, /sp/ (e.g. Stil, Stola). Recent borrowings tend to retain the original sounds. Again, this tendency is stronger with English than with other source languages (cf. e.g. Spaghetti with /ʃp/).
The trigraph sch is pronounced /ʃ/, except when there is an intervening morpheme boundary, which normally happens only with the diminutive suffix -chen (cf. e.g. Häuschen).
Otherwise, pre-consonantal and word-final s is always pronounced /s/. This also includes st, sp when they are not stem-initial. The same is generally true for doubled ss. There are, however, a few words in which ss may – optionally – be pronounced /z/ (e.g. Fussel, Massel, quasseln, Schussel). For the orthographic choice between ss and ß, see the latter.

(chess) abbreviation of Springer (“knight”)


Scotch

Contraction of Scottish.
The chess opening is supposedly after its having been played in a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England.

Karpov played the Scotch against Anand.

(chess, informal) The opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4.


Л

ладья́ ладья#Russian

(chess) abbreviation of ладья́ (ladʹjá, “R (rook, castle)”)


С

слон слон#Russian

(chess) abbreviation of слон (slon, “bishop”)


Ф

ферзь ферзь#Russian

(chess) abbreviation of ферзь (ferzʹ): Q (queen)


xe

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 車 (“vehicle”, SV: xa). Compare hè and hạ, chè and trà.

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">xa</i>


karl

is-noun

karl m (genitive singular karls, nominative plural karlar)

karls (genitive singular)
karlar (nominative plural)
karl (indefinite nominative singular)
karlinn (definite nominative singular)
karlar (indefinite nominative plural)
karlarnir (definite nominative plural)
karl (accusative indefinite singular)
karlinn (accusative definite singular)
karla (accusative indefinite plural)
karlana (accusative definite plural)
karli (dative indefinite singular)
karlinum (dative definite singular)
körlum (dative indefinite plural)
körlunum (dative definite plural)
karls (genitive indefinite singular)
karlsins (definite genitive singular)
karla (genitive indefinite plural)
karlanna (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.


raja

raja-raja (plural)
para raja (plural)
radja (alternative)

From Malay raja, from Classical Malay raja, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

merajai [agent focus + causative benefactive]

merajakan [agent focus + causative benefactive]


слон

be-noun

слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слана́, nominative plural сланы́, genitive plural слано́ў)

slon (romanization)
слана́ (genitive)
сланы́ (nominative plural)
слано́ў (genitive plural)
слон (nominative singular)
сланы́ (nominative plural)
слана́ (genitive singular)
слано́ў (genitive plural)
слану́ (dative singular)
слана́м (dative plural)
слана́ (accusative singular)
слано́ў (accusative plural)
слано́м (instrumental singular)
слана́мі (instrumental plural)
слане́ (locative singular)
слана́х (locative plural)
сланы́ (count-form plural)
słon (alternative)

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).


слон

ru-noun+

слон • (slon) m anim (genitive слона́, nominative plural слоны́, genitive plural слоно́в, feminine слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вый or слоно́вий, diminutive сло́ник, augmentative слони́ще or слоня́ра)

slon (romanization)
слона́ (genitive)
слоны́ (nominative plural)
слоно́в (genitive plural)
слони́ха (feminine)
слоно́вый (adjective relational)
слоно́вий (adjective relational)
сло́ник (diminutive)
слони́ще (augmentative)
слоня́ра (augmentative)
сло́н (nominative singular)
слоны́ (nominative plural)
слона́ (genitive singular)
слоно́в (genitive plural)
слону́ (dative singular)
слона́м (dative plural)
слона́ (accusative singular)
слоно́в (accusative plural)
слоно́м (instrumental singular)
слона́ми (instrumental plural)
слоне́ (prepositional singular)
слона́х (plural prepositional)
слонъ (alternative)

→ Ingrian: slona

→ Kildin Sami: слонн (slonn)

→ Komi-Zyrian: слӧн (slön)

→ Latvian: zilonis

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).
Vovin (2011) proposes that Slavic slonъ reflects Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ /*slaŋ/, “elephant”), an etymology previously suggested by Ivanov (1977: 156–57) albeit with an incorrect Old Chinese reconstruction *sðaŋ. As Vovin notes, contact between Slavic and Old Chinese is out of the question, so the solution might arise from an intermediary source. Ivanov (1977:154) believes that the Chuvash forms слон (slon), сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) are Russian loans, with the latter being called into question by Vovin on phonetic grounds. According to him, Russian /o/ (phonetically a diphthong [uo] with a mid-high syllabic element [o]) is unlikely to be borrowed as Chuvash low vowel /a/. The reverse, namely the borrowing of Bulgar slightly labialised /a/ as Slavic /o/ is more than likely. Chuvash сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) is exactly the expected outcome of the Old Chinese *slaŋ with the insertion of ⟨ă⟩ breaking the OC initial cluster /sl-/ and typical Bulgar shift of Proto-Turkic *ŋ to /n/. The presence of this word in Chuvash places proto-Bulgar speakers in the vicinity of Northern China no later than first century BCE, because approximately after that date the initial clusters in Old Chinese underwent the process of simplification.


слон

uk-noun

слоно́вий or слоня́чий

слоне́ня or слоня́

слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слона́, nominative plural слони́, genitive plural слоні́в, feminine слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вий or слоня́чий, diminutive слоне́ня or слоня́)

slon (romanization)
слона́ (genitive)
слони́ (nominative plural)
слоні́в (genitive plural)
слони́ха (feminine)
слоно́вий (adjective relational)
слоня́чий (adjective relational)
слоне́ня (diminutive)
слоня́ (diminutive)
слон (nominative singular)
слони́ (nominative plural)
слона́ (genitive singular)
слоні́в (genitive plural)
слоно́ві (dative singular)
слону́ (dative singular)
слона́м (dative plural)
слона́ (accusative singular)
слони́ (accusative plural)
слоні́в (accusative plural)
слоно́м (instrumental singular)
слона́ми (instrumental plural)
слоно́ві (locative singular)
слоні́ (locative singular)
слона́х (locative plural)
сло́не (singular vocative)
слони́ (plural vocative)

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it's related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).


armageddon

/ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/

/ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/

[ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛɾ.ʔn]

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-armageddon.wav

(chess) A type of game, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation.


blunder

→ Dutch: blunder

→ Swedish: blunder

Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind.

cog

(chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.


blunder

en-verb

blunder (third-person singular simple present blunders, present participle blundering, simple past and past participle blundered)

blunders (present singular third-person)
blundering (participle present)
blundered (participle past)
blundered (past)

→ Dutch: blunderen

(intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid.

(chess, backgammon, intransitive) To make a bad move, especially caused by tactical oversight.

(chess, transitive) To make a bad move and thereby cause the loss of (a piece).