ches

• chees, chesse, echesse, esches

From Old French eschés, plural of eschéc, from Vulgar Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه‎ (šāh), from Persian شاه‎ (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠‎ (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/).

• IPA^(key): /tʃɛs/

ches (plural chesses)

1. A set for playing chess; a chess board and chess pieces.
2. The Medieval English game of chess, or a related game (which is slightly different from the modern standard)
3. (rare) A chessboard; a board for playing chess.
4. (rare) A set of chess pieces; a pieces for playing chess.

• English: chess
• Scots: chess

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

ches f pl

1. plural of che

• IPA^(key): /χeːs/

ches

1. Aspirate mutation of ces.