queenside

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English queen

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ

Old English sīde

Middle English side

English side

English queenside

From queen + side.

Pronunciation

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Noun

queenside (usually uncountable, plural queensides)

1. (chess) The side of the chessboard nearest to the queen (at the opening position).
   • 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE‎^[1], page 31:

     [Castling:] A move of the king towards a rook. See the article. In notation 0-0 kingside castling, 0-0-0 queenside castling.

Translations

chess: side nearest to the queen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 后翼 (hòuyì)

• Finnish: kuningattaren puoli
• German: Damenflügel (de) m
• Romanian: partea reginei f
• Vietnamese: cánh hậu (vi)

See also

• kingside

Anagrams

• equidense