échiqueter

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French[edit]

Blason échiqueté de gueules et d'argent

Etymology[edit]

Derived from échiquier

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /e.ʃik.te/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

échiqueter

  1. (heraldry) to divide (esp. a coat of arms) into a chequered pattern

Conjugation[edit]

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il échiquète and the third-person singular future indicative il échiquètera.

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