scacchi

From Provençal escac, from Persian شاه (šâh, “shah”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈskak.ki/
• Rhymes: -akki
• Hyphenation: scàc‧chi

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scacchi m

1. plural of scacco
2. (board games) chess

Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
re	regina, donna	torre	alfiere	cavallo	pedone

• scacchi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• scacchi on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

scacchī m pl (genitive scacchōrum); second declension

1. Alternative spelling of scaccī (“chess”)

Second-declension noun, plural only.