ches

See also: chès

English

Noun

ches

1. plural of che

Middle English

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛs/

Noun

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).

Alternative forms

• chees, chesse, echesse, esches

Descendants

• English: chess
• Scots: chess

References

• “ches, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛːs/

Verb

ches

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

Spanish

Noun

ches f pl

1. plural of che

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χeːs/

Verb

ches

1. Aspirate mutation of ces.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ces	ges	nghes	ches
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.