xadrez

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

xadrez f

1. chess

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “xadrez”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Galician

Alternative forms

• axedrez

Etymology

Attested from the 13th century (assederez, açedrẽche, xedrez). From Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian ctlng (čatrang, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, “four parts" of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”). Cognate with Portuguese xadrez and Spanish ajedrez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈðɾeθ/, (western) /ʃaˈðɾes/

Noun

xadrez m (plural xadreces)

1. chess
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 515:

     Et Achiles preçaua todo muy pouco quanto lle eles dizíã, et nõ paraua por eles mentes, nẽ lles rrespondía a cousa que lle disesem, ante sij́a jogando o xedrez cõ hũ seu caualeyro

     And Achiles didn't care about what they said nor did he mind them, nor did he answered anything they said, but rather he was just playing chess with one of his knights

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “assederez”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xadrez”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

tabuleiro de xadrez

Alternative forms

• axadrez

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese axadrez, enxadrez, from Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian ctlng (čatrang, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, literally “four parts”) (of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers).

Cognate with Galician xadrez, Asturian axedrez, Mirandese xadreç, Spanish ajedrez and Aragonese axedrez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ˈdɾe(j)s/
• IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.ˈðɾeʃ/

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• Hyphenation: xa‧drez

Noun

xadrez m (uncountable)

1. chess
2. checkered pattern

Adjective

xadrez m or f (feminine xadreza, plural xadrezes)

1. checkered

   Synonyms: axadrezado, quadriculado

Related terms

• enxadrista