scacchi

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Provençal escac, from Persian شاه‎ (šâh, “shah”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈskak.ki/
  • Rhymes: -akki
  • Hyphenation: scàc‧chi

Noun[edit]

scacchi m

  1. plural of scacco
  2. (board games) chess

See also[edit]

Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
re regina,
donna 		torre alfiere cavallo pedone

Further reading[edit]

  • scacchi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • scacchi on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

scacchī m pl (genitive scacchōrum); second declension

  1. Alternative spelling of scaccī (“chess”)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative scacchī
Genitive scacchōrum
Dative scacchīs
Accusative scacchōs
Ablative scacchīs
Vocative scacchī
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