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Webster 1913 Edition

Chessboard

Chess′boardˊ

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Noun.

The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See

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☞ The chessboard and the checkerboard are alike.

Definition 2024

chessboard

chessboard

English

Noun

chessboard ‎(plural chessboards)

The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.

Translations

square board used in the game of chess

Arabic: رَقْعَة اَلشَّطْرَنْج f ‎(raqʿat aš-šaṭranj)
Bashkir: шахмат таҡтаһы ‎(šaxmat taqtahï)
Bulgarian: шахма́тна дъска́ f ‎(šahmátna dǎská)
Catalan: àbac (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 棋盤 (zh), 棋盘 (zh) ‎(qípán)
Czech: šachovnice (cs) f
Danish: skakbræt (da)
Dutch: schaakbord (nl)
Esperanto: ŝaktabulo
Faroese: talvborð n
Finnish: shakkilauta (fi), šakkilauta (fi)
French: échiquier (fr) m
German: Schachbrett (de) n
Greek: σκακιέρα (el) f ‎(skakiéra)
Hebrew: לוח-שחמט m ‎(luakh-shakhmat')
Irish: ficheall (ga) f, clár fichille m
Italian: scacchiera (it) f
Japanese: チェスボード ‎(chesubōdo)
Korean: 체스판 ‎(cheseu-pan)
Latin: scaccarium n
Macedonian: шаховска табла f ‎(šahovska tabla)
Malay: papan catur

Mongolian: хөлөг (mn) ‎(hölög)
Norman: êchitchi m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: sjakkbrett n

Nynorsk: sjakkbrett n
Old French: escheker m
Polish: szachownica (pl) f
Portuguese: tabuleiro de xadrez m
Russian: ша́хматная доска́ (ru) f ‎(šáxmatnaja doská)
Sanskrit: चतुरङ्गफलक n ‎(caturaṅgaphalaka)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: шаховска табла f, шаховница f

Roman: šahovska tabla f, šahovnica (sh) f
Slovak: šachovnica f
Slovene: šahovnica (sl) f
Spanish: tablero de ajedrez m
Swedish: schackbräde (sv)
Tagalog: ahedresan
Turkish: satranç tahtası (tr)
Vietnamese: bàn cờ (vi)
Volapük: cögaboed
Yiddish: שאָכברעט f ‎(shokhbret)

See also