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scacchiera

chessboard

noun skahk-KYEH-rah Rare

Usage Note

Scacchiera comes from scacchi (chess, from Persian shāh, king). The word is also used figuratively for any grid or checkerboard pattern — un pavimento a scacchiera (a chessboard-patterned floor). The game of chess itself is gli scacchi (always plural), so giocare a scacchi is to play chess.

Examples

"Sistemò i pezzi sulla scacchiera con cura."

Natural Translation

He arranged the pieces on the chessboard carefully.

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