checker

English

Alternative forms

• chequer

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtʃɛkə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈtʃɛkɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛkə(r)

Noun

checker (plural checkers)

1. One who checks something.
2. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.

   There was a long line at the grocery store because the checker was so slow.

3. A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).

Derived terms

• checkerberry
• checkerboard

Related terms

• exchequer

Translations

One who checks something

• Bulgarian: проверител (bg) (proveritel) m
• Finnish: tarkastaja (fi)

• French: vérificateur (fr) m
• Greek: ελεγκτής (el) (elegktís)

The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment

• Bulgarian: касиерка (bg) (kasierka) f, касиер (bg) (kasier) m
• Finnish: kassa (fi)

• Greek: ταμίας (el) (tamías) m and f

A playing piece in the game of checkers

• Bulgarian: пул (bg) (pul) m

• Greek: πούλι (el) (pouli) n

Verb

A flag with a checker pattern

checker (third-person singular simple present checkers, present participle checkering, simple past and past participle checkered)

1. (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark spots, like a checkerboard.
2. (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark spots, like a checkerboard.

Anagrams

• recheck

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French

Etymology

From English to check.

Verb

checker

1. to check, verify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of checker (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		checker			avoir checké
gerund		en checkant			en ayant checké
present participle		checkant
past participle		checké
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	checke	checkes	checke	checkons	checkez	checkent
	imperfect	checkais	checkais	checkait	checkions	checkiez	checkaient
	past historic1	checkai	checkas	checka	checkâmes	checkâtes	checkèrent
	future	checkerai	checkeras	checkera	checkerons	checkerez	checkeront
	conditional	checkerais	checkerais	checkerait	checkerions	checkeriez	checkeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	checke	checkes	checke	checkions	checkiez	checkent
	imperfect1	checkasse	checkasses	checkât	checkassions	checkassiez	checkassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	checke	—	checkons	checkez	—
1literary tenses

Synonyms

• vérifier
• regarder