check
Significat
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- An inspection or examination.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- A small chink or crack.
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/t͡ʃɛk/
Etimologia
From Middle English chek, chekke, borrowed from Old French eschek, eschec, eschac, from Medieval Latin scaccus, borrowed from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king or check at chess, shah”), borrowed from Classical Persian شَاه (šāh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). All of the English senses developed from the chess sense. Compare Saterland Frisian Schak, Schach, Dutch schaak, German Schach, Danish skak, Swedish schack, Icelandic skák, French échec, Italian scacco. See chess and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”), from the same source.
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