échiqueter

French

Blason échiqueté de gueules et d'argent

Etymology

Derived from échiquier

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ʃik.te/

Verb

échiqueter

  1. (heraldry) to divide (esp. a coat of arms) into a chequered pattern

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il échiquète rather than *il échiquete. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

Derived terms

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