ches

ches

1. plural of che

From Old French eschés, plural of eschéc, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/); compare chek.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛs/

ches (plural chesses)

1. A chess set (chess board and pieces).
2. Medieval chess or a similar game.
3. (rare) A chessboard (a board for playing chess).
4. (rare) Chess pieces (pieces for playing chess).

• chees, chesse, echesse, esches

• English: chess
• Scots: chess

• “ches, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 July 2018.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛːs/

ches

1. alternative spelling of chees: first/second/third-person singular past indicative of chesen

ches f pl

1. plural of che

• IPA^(key): /χeːs/

ches

1. aspirate mutation of ces