chessboard

English

Etymology

chess +‎ board

Noun

chessboard (plural chessboards)

1. (chess) 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.
2. (topology) A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares

Translations

square board used in the game of chess

• Arabic: رَقْعَة اَلشَّطْرَنْج f (raqʿat aš-šaṭranj)
• Bashkir: шахмат таҡтаһы (şaxmat taqtahı)
• Bulgarian: шахма́тна дъска́ f (šahmátna dǎská)
• Catalan: àbac (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棋盤／棋盘 (zh) (qípán), 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')
• Hungarian: sakktábla (hu)
• 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
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• Mongolian: шатрын хөлөг (šatryn xölög)
• 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
• Thai: กระดานหมากรุก (grà-daan-màak-rúk)
• Turkish: satranç tahtası (tr)
• Ukrainian: шахівниця f (šaxivnycja)
• Vietnamese: bàn cờ (vi)
• Volapük: cögaboed
• Yiddish: שאָכברעט f (shokhbret)

See also

• chess
• checkerboard, chequerboard
• draughtsboard
• gameboard