finale

(chess) endgame, end game (moment in the game when the threat of checkmate is low and the kings participate in the struggle)


dame

→ Catalan: dama

→ Danish: dame

→ Friulian: dame

→ Galician: dama

→ German: Dame

→ Persian: دام (dâm)

desctree

→ Italian: dama
→ Ottoman Turkish: دامه (dama)
Turkish: dama
→ Armenian: տամա (tama)

→ Polish: dama

→ Portuguese: dama

→ Romanian: damă

→ Spanish: dama

Inherited from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.


pat

→ German: Patt

→ Greek: πατ (pat)

→ Polish: pat

→ Russian: пат (pat)

→ Serbo-Croatian: pat

→ Slovak: pat

Borrowed from Italian patta (“tie, draw”), influenced by mat (“mate”).


trait

Inherited from Old French trait, from Latin tractus.

(chess, checkers) the privilege of taking the first turn/move


tour

→ Breton: tour

→ Russian: тура́ (turá)

→ Ukrainian: тура́ (turá)

Inherited from Old French tor, from Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis).


fou

Derived from Spanish alfil, from Arabic اَلْفِيل (al-fīl, “elephant; bishop (chess piece)”), influenced by Etymology 1.

der

Deux fous blancs habituellement représentés par le symbole (F) […] Un fou peut se déplacer sur n’importe quelle case le long d’une des diagonales sur lesquelles il se trouve.

2023 April 27, “Les règles du jeu d’échecs 2023”, in FIDE, page 3:


roc

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


pion

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


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.


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


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

(chess) Abbreviation of cavalier; knight


en passant

→ Czech: en passant

→ Danish: en passant

→ English: en passant

→ German: en passant

→ Portuguese: en passant


fourchette

→ Bambara: furusɛti

→ English: fourchette

→ Luxembourgish: Forschett

→ Moroccan Arabic: فرشيطة (furšīṭa)


échec

Inherited from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king or check at chess, shah”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). See also French mat.


damer

damer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
damant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
damé (participle past)
dame (first-person indicative present singular)
dames (indicative present second-person singular)
dame (indicative present singular third-person)
damons (first-person indicative plural present)
damez (indicative plural present second-person)
dament (indicative plural present third-person)
damais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
damais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
damait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
damions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
damiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
damaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
damai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
damas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
dama (historic indicative past singular third-person)
damâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
damâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
damèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
damerai (first-person future indicative singular)
dameras (future indicative second-person singular)
damera (future indicative singular third-person)
damerons (first-person future indicative plural)
damerez (future indicative plural second-person)
dameront (future indicative plural third-person)
damerais (conditional first-person singular)
damerais (conditional second-person singular)
damerait (conditional singular third-person)
damerions (conditional first-person plural)
dameriez (conditional plural second-person)
dameraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
dame (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dames (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dame (present singular subjunctive third-person)
damions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
damiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dament (plural present subjunctive third-person)
damasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
damasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
damât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
damassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
damassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
damassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dame (imperative second-person singular)
damons (first-person imperative plural)
damez (imperative plural second-person)

(chess, transitive) to queen (transform a pawn into a queen, by advancing it to the opponent's side of the board)


colonne

→ Dutch: colonne

→ German: Kolonne

Inherited from Old French colonne, columne, from Latin columna. Doublet of colombe.


pionner

pionner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pionnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pionné (participle past)
pionne (first-person indicative present singular)
pionnes (indicative present second-person singular)
pionne (indicative present singular third-person)
pionnons (first-person indicative plural present)
pionnez (indicative plural present second-person)
pionnent (indicative plural present third-person)
pionnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pionnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pionnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pionnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pionniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pionnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pionnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pionnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pionna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pionnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pionnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pionnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pionnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
pionneras (future indicative second-person singular)
pionnera (future indicative singular third-person)
pionnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
pionnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
pionneront (future indicative plural third-person)
pionnerais (conditional first-person singular)
pionnerais (conditional second-person singular)
pionnerait (conditional singular third-person)
pionnerions (conditional first-person plural)
pionneriez (conditional plural second-person)
pionneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pionne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pionnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pionne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pionnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pionniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pionnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pionnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pionnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pionnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pionnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pionnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pionnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pionne (imperative second-person singular)
pionnons (first-person imperative plural)
pionnez (imperative plural second-person)


roquer

roquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
roquant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
roqué (participle past)
roque (first-person indicative present singular)
roques (indicative present second-person singular)
roque (indicative present singular third-person)
roquons (first-person indicative plural present)
roquez (indicative plural present second-person)
roquent (indicative plural present third-person)
roquais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
roquais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
roquait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
roquions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
roquiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
roquaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
roquai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
roquas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
roqua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
roquâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
roquâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
roquèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
roquerai (first-person future indicative singular)
roqueras (future indicative second-person singular)
roquera (future indicative singular third-person)
roquerons (first-person future indicative plural)
roquerez (future indicative plural second-person)
roqueront (future indicative plural third-person)
roquerais (conditional first-person singular)
roquerais (conditional second-person singular)
roquerait (conditional singular third-person)
roquerions (conditional first-person plural)
roqueriez (conditional plural second-person)
roqueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
roque (first-person present singular subjunctive)
roques (present second-person singular subjunctive)
roque (present singular subjunctive third-person)
roquions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
roquiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
roquent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
roquasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
roquasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
roquât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
roquassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
roquassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
roquassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
roque (imperative second-person singular)
roquons (first-person imperative plural)
roquez (imperative plural second-person)


problémiste

fr-noun

problémiste m or f (plural problémistes)

Borrowed from English problemist or derived from problème + -iste.

Josep Tolosa i Carreras, enfant de Gérone, était un médecin, un joueur d'échecs, un problémiste et un auteur de livres sur les échecs catalan.

Josep Tolosa i Carreras, born in Girona, was a Catalan doctor, chess player, composer of chess problems and author of chess books.

(chess) problemist
a theorist, composer of chess problems

(by extension) a solutionist (one who aims to solve chess problems)


coup forcé

(chess) a disadvantageous move that one is nevertheless forced to make