ches
See also: chès
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]ches
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old French eschés, plural of eschéc, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/); compare chek.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ches (plural chesses)
- A chess set (chess board and pieces).
- Medieval chess or a similar game.
- (rare) A chessboard (a board for playing chess).
- (rare) Chess pieces (pieces for playing chess).
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “ches, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ches
- Alternative spelling of chees: first/second/third-person singular past indicative of chesen
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]ches f pl
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ches
- Aspirate mutation of ces.
Mutation
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- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Middle English nouns
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- Middle English second-person singular past forms
- enm:Board games
- enm:Chess
- Spanish non-lemma forms
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- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh non-lemma forms
- Welsh mutated verbs
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