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escaque

Pronunciation: /esˈkake/

“escaque” is a Spanish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a tile of a board to play chess or checkers
  2. chess

In Spanish

  1. Cada una de las 64 casillas de las que consta el tablero. Los escaques deben ser de dos colores diferentes, uno claro y otro oscuro situados alternativamente en ocho columnas y ocho filas.
  2. Cada cuadro en que se divide un escudo.

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin scaccum or a corresponding Romance word, e.g. Catalan escac (“check!; chess piece”) and escacs (“chess”), from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “shah; king in chess”) or شَاهُك (šāhuk, “your king”); see related jaque. Cognate with Italian scacco, French échec, Old Occitan escac (“chess”), Portuguese escaque. Alternatively, Coromines & Pascual suspect it may instead descend from…

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