échec
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king or check at chess, shah”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). See also French mat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]échec m (plural échecs)
Derived terms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]échec
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: xec
Further reading
[edit]- “échec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “échec” in Cordial.
- “échec” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “échec” in L’Internaute.
- “échec” in Universalis.
Categories:
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tek- (receive)
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- French terms derived from Arabic
- French terms derived from Classical Persian
- French terms derived from Middle Persian
- French terms derived from Old Persian
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/ɛk
- French terms with homophones
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- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French terms with collocations
- fr:Chess
- French interjections