xadrez

xadrez

Aragonese

Noun

xadrez f

1. chess

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “xadrez”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Galician

Alternative forms

• axedrez

Etymology

Attested from the 13th century (assederez, açedrẽche, xedrez). From Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج‎ (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج‎ (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ‎ (šatrang), from Middle Persian ctlng (čatrang, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, “four parts" of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”). Cognate with Portuguese xadrez and Spanish ajedrez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈðɾeθ/, (western) /ʃaˈðɾes/

Noun

xadrez m (plural xadreces)

1. chess
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 515:

     Et Achiles preçaua todo muy pouco quanto lle eles dizíã, et nõ paraua por eles mentes, nẽ lles rrespondía a cousa que lle disesem, ante sij́a jogando o xedrez cõ hũ seu caualeyro

     And Achiles didn't care about what they said nor did he mind them, nor did he answered anything they said, but rather he was just playing chess with one of his knights

See also

Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
rei	raíña, dama	torre, roque	alfil	cabalo	peón

References

• “xedrez” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “assederez” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “assederez” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “xadrez” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “xadrez” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xadrez” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

tabuleiro de xadrez

Alternative forms

• axadrez

Etymology

From Old Portuguese axadrez, enxadrez, from Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج‎ (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج‎ (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ‎ (šatrang), from Middle Persian ctlng (čatrang, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, literally “four parts”) (of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers).

Cognate with Galician xadrez, Asturian axedrez, Mirandese xadreç, Spanish ajedrez and Aragonese axedrez.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.ˈdɾe(j)s/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.ˈðɾeʃ/

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• Hyphenation: xa‧drez

Noun

xadrez m (uncountable)

1. chess
2. checkered pattern

Adjective

xadrez (plural xadrezes, comparable)

1. checkered

   Synonyms: axadrezado, quadriculado

Related terms

• enxadrista

See also

Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
rei	rainha, dama	torre	bispo	cavalo	peão