chess piece

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chess piece

noun chess pieces · chesspiece · chess-piece

  1. countable, uncountable Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.

    Similar: chessman, chess piece, chesspiece

  2. countable, idiomatic, uncountable A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end. Near-synonym: pawn

    Similar: pawn

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noun any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess

Españolpieza de ajedrez, trebejo
한국어체스 기물 cheseu gimul, 기물 gimul, 체스피스 cheseupiseu, 말 mal
日本語駒 koma, チェスの駒 chesu no koma, チェスマン chesuman
中文棋子 qízǐ, 象棋子 xiàngqízǐ
हिन्दीशतरंज का मोहर śatrañj kā mohar
Portuguêspeça de xadrez
Françaispièce, pièce d'échecs
DeutschSchachfigur, Figur
Italianopezzo degli scacchi
Ελληνικάπεσσός pessós
Românăpiesă de șah, figură de șah
Русскийша́хматная фигу́ра šáxmatnaja figúra, фигу́ра figúra, фи́шка fíška
Tiếng Việtcon cờ, quân cờ
العربيةقِطْعَة qiṭʕa
עבריתכלי שחמט kli shakhmát

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@misc{chess_piece_2026,
  title = {chess piece},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chess%20piece},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}