chess
意味
- チェス,西洋将棋
例文
He won the first prize at the chess tournament.
彼はチェスのトーナメントで優勝を勝ち取った。
I moved a chess piece on the board one forward.
僕はボードの上の駒を一つ前に進めた。
I thought you might want to play a game of chess.
あなたはチェスがしたいのかもしれないと思ってました。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Compare German Schach and Italian scacchi. Compare French échecs (“chess”) and its descendants: Catalan escacs and Dutch schaak. More at check and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”).