fianchetto

Borrowed from Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).

• IPA^(key): /fɪənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/, /fɪənˈkɛtəʊ/

fianchetto (plural fianchetti)

1. (chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
   • 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies, →ISBN:

     I’m not a hero, I’m not even a chessboard knight. Trying to be a priest was something of a fianchetto wasn’t it? Clever move by a poor player.

fianchetto (third-person singular simple present fianchettos, present participle fianchettoing, simple past and past participle fianchettoed)

1. (chess) To play a fianchetto.

From fianco (“flank”) +‎ -etto.

• IPA^(key): /fjaŋˈkɛtto/
• Hyphenation: fian‧chèt‧to

fianchetto m (plural fianchetti)

1. (chess) fianchetto
2. (automotive) body panel

• fiancheto

Borrowed from Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).

• IPA^(key): /fjanˈt͡ʃeto/, [fjãnʲˈt͡ʃet̪o]

fianchetto m (plural fianchettos)

1. (chess) fianchetto