English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] checkered (comparative more checkeredsuperlative most checkered
Divided into squares , or into light and dark patches .
That is a checkered tablecloth.
( figurative ) Changeable ; inconsistent ; having variations or uncertainty ; marked by many problems or failures .
Long suspected of running the Tangiers without a gaming license, yesterday's hearing was to determine whether someone with Rothstein's checkered past history was qualified to officially hold a top gaming post.
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] divided into squares
Asturian: axedrezáu
Bulgarian: кари́ран (bg) ( karíran )
Burmese: ကျား (my) ( kya: )
Catalan: escacat endauat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有方格的 ( yǒu fānggé de )
Czech: kostkovaný kárový
Danish: ternet
Dutch: dambordachtig schaakbordachtig
Finnish: ruudullinen (fi)
French: à carreaux échiqueté (fr) ( especially in heraldry ) , carreauté (fr) ( Louisiana )
Galician: axadrezado
German: kariert (de) , schachbrettartig
Hungarian: kockás (hu) , pepita (hu)
Irish: seicear
Italian: scaccato (it) , a quadri quadrettato (it) , a scacchi a quadretti
Japanese: 格子模様の ( こうしもようの, kōshi moyō no )
Malay: gandan
Norwegian: rutete
Ottoman Turkish: سطرنجلو ( satranclı )
Persian: چارخانه ( čârxâne )
Polish: kraciasty (pl) , w kratkę
Portuguese: quadriculado (pt) , axadrezado xadrez (pt)
Romanian: caroiat
Russian: кле́тчатый (ru) ( klétčatyj ) , в кле́тку (ru) ( v klétku )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: коцкаст
Roman: kockast (sh)
Spanish: a cuadros ajedrezado (es) , escaqueado (es)
Swedish: rutig (sv) , schackrutig (sv)
Turkish: damalı (tr) , satrançlı (tr)
Welsh: sgwarog
changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures
Bulgarian: пъстър (bg) ( pǎstǎr )
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: bont (nl)
Finnish: kirjava (fi) , värikäs (fi)
German: wechselvoll (de)
Hungarian: ( lit. “colorful” ) tarka (hu) , tarkabarka (hu) , színes (hu) , ( changeable ) változatos (hu) , ( eventful ) fordulatos eseménydús (hu) , mozgalmas (hu) , ( marked by many problems or failures ) hányatott hányattatott
Italian: variegato (it) , contrastato (it) , a luci e ombre
Russian: пёстрый (ru) ( pjóstryj ) , изме́нчивый (ru) ( izménčivyj ) , разнообра́зный (ru) ( raznoobráznyj )
Swedish: brokig (sv)
See also [ edit ] checkered
simple past tense and past participle of checker Anagrams [ edit ] 