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English
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /dɹɑːfts/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . enPR : drăfts , IPA (key ) : /dɹæfts/
Noun
draughts
plural of draught
Noun
draughts (uncountable )
( board games , British , Australia , uncountable ) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men , and the object is to capture each of the opponent 's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
A mild vesicatory .
Synonyms
Translations
game for two players
Albanian: damë (sq) f
Arabic: دَامَا f ( dāmā ) , دَامَة f ( dāma ) , ضَامَة f ( ḍāma )
Moroccan Arabic: ضامة ( ḍāma )
Armenian: շաշկի (hy) ( šaški )
Azerbaijani: dama
Basque: dama-joko
Belarusian: ша́шкі f pl ( šáški )
Bengali: চেকারস ( cekars )
Bulgarian: да́ма (bg) f ( dáma )
Burmese: ကျားထိုးခြင်း ( kya:htui:hkrang: )
Catalan: dames (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 國際跳棋 / 国际跳棋 ( guójì tiàoqí ) , 国际跳棋 ( guójì tiàoqí ) , 跳棋 (zh) ( tiàoqí )
Chuukese: sikang
Czech: dáma (cs) f
Danish: dam (da)
Dutch: damspel (nl) n
Esperanto: damludo
Estonian: kabe (et) , kabemäng , tamka , tamkamäng
Finnish: tammi (fi) , tammipeli (fi)
French: jeu de dames (fr) m , dames (fr) f pl
Galician: damas f pl
Georgian: შაში ( šaši )
German: Dame (de) n , Damespiel (de) n
Greek: ντάμα (el) f ( ntáma )
Ancient: πεσσεία f ( pesseía )
Hebrew: דַּמְקָה (he) f ( dámka )
Hindi: चेकर्स m ( cekars ) , ड्राफ़्टस m ( ḍrāfṭas )
Hungarian: dáma (hu)
Icelandic: dammur m , dammtafl n
Ido: dami (io)
Indonesian: dam (id)
Italian: dama (it) f
Japanese: チェッカー ( chekkā ) , 西洋碁 ( せいようご, seiyōgo )
Kazakh: дойбы (kk) ( doiby )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 체커 ( chekeo )
Kurdish:
Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Kyrgyz: дойбу (ky) ( doybu )
Lao: ຫມາກດາມ ( māk dām )
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Latvian: dambrete
Lithuanian: saškės
Macedonian: да́ма f ( dáma )
Malay: dam (ms) , damdam
Maori: mū
Mongolian: даам (mn) ( daam )
Navajo: naalzhoodí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dam (no) m
Nynorsk: dam m
Persian: چکرز (fa) ( čekerz ) , دام (fa) ( dâm )
Plautdietsch: Daumbrat n
Polish: warcaby (pl) f pl
Portuguese: damas (pt) f pl
Romanian: dame (ro) f pl , table (ro) f pl
Russian: ша́шки (ru) f pl ( šáški )
Scottish Gaelic: dàmais f , tàileasg m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дама f
Roman: dama (sh) f
Slovak: dáma (sk) f
Slovene: dama f
Southern Altai: шатра ( şatra )
Spanish: damas (es) f pl
Swahili: dama , drafti
Swedish: damspel , dam (sv)
Tagalog: dama
Tajik: шашки ( šaški )
Thai: หมากฮอส ( màak-hɔ́t )
Tibetan: མཆོང་སྒྲིག་མིག་མངས ( mchong sgrig mig mangs )
Turkish: dama (tr)
Turkmen: şaşka
Ukrainian: ша́шки f pl ( šášky )
Urdu: ڈرافٹس m ( ḍrāfṭas )
Uyghur: دامكا ( damka )
Uzbek: shashka (uz) , damka (uz)
Vietnamese: cờ đam
Yakut: дуобат ( duobat )
Yiddish: דאַמקע f ( damke )
Verb
draughts
third-person singular simple present indicative of draught