ajedrez

Alternative forms

• axedrez (obsolete)
• aljedrez (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish axedrez, borrowed from Arabic شِطْرَنْج (šiṭranj) via Andalusian Arabic, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲‎𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾt‎lʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /axeˈdɾeθ/ [a.xeˈð̞ɾeθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /axeˈdɾes/ [a.xeˈð̞ɾes]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: a‧je‧drez

Noun

ajedrez m (plural ajedreces)

1. chess

See also

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
rey	dama, reina	torre, roque	alfil	caballo	peón

Further reading

• “ajedrez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10