Meanings
nounchess piece (countable and uncountable, plural chess pieces)
plural chess pieces · alternative chesspiece · alternative chess-piece
- countableuncountableboard gamesAny of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
Synonyms: chessman, chessman, chesspiece
- countableidiomaticuncountableA person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
Near-synonym: pawn
Synonyms: pawn
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
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nounA person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
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nounany of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قِطْعَة
- قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Bulgarian ша́хматна фигу́ра
- ша́хматна фигу́ра (šáhmatna figúra)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Catalan peça d'escacs
- peça d'escacsany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Chinese Mandarin 棋子, 象棋子
- 棋子 (qízǐ)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- 象棋子 (xiàngqízǐ)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Czech šachová figurka
- šachová figurkaany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Danish skakbrik
- skakbrikany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Dutch schaakstuk
- schaakstukany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Esperanto ŝakpeco
- ŝakpecoany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Estonian malend, malenupp
- malendany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- malenuppany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- nuppany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Finnish shakkinappula, šakkinappula
- shakkinappulaany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- šakkinappulaany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
French pièce, pièce d'échecs
- pièceany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- pièce d'échecsany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
German Schachfigur, Figur
- Schachfigurany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- Figurany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Greek πεσσός
- πεσσός (pessós)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Hebrew כלי שחמט
- כלי שחמט (kli shakhmát)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Hindi शतरंज का मोहर
- शतरंज का मोहर (śatrañj kā mohar)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Hungarian sakkfigura, sakkbábu
- sakkfiguraany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- sakkbábuany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Icelandic maður, taflmaður
- maðurany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- taflmaðurany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- karlany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- skákmaðurany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Irish fear fichille
- fear fichilleany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Italian pezzo degli scacchi
- pezzo degli scacchiany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Japanese 駒, チェスの駒
- 駒 (koma)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- チェスの駒 (chesu no koma)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- チェスマン (chesuman)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Korean 체스 기물, 기물
- 체스 기물 (cheseu gimul)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- 기물 (gimul)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- 체스피스 (cheseupiseu)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- 말 (mal)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Latin latro
- latroany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Latvian šaha figūra, šaha kauliņš
- šaha figūraany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- šaha kauliņšany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Lithuanian šachmatų figūra
- šachmatų figūraany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Persian مهره
- مهره (mohre)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Polish bierka, figura szachowa
- bierkaany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- figura szachowaany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Portuguese peça de xadrez
- peça de xadrezany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Romanian piesă de șah, figură de șah
- piesă de șahany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- figură de șahany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Russian ша́хматная фигу́ра, фигу́ра
- ша́хматная фигу́ра (šáxmatnaja figúra)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- фигу́ра (figúra)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- фи́шка (fíška)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Scottish Gaelic fear-tàileisg
- fear-tàileisgany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Slovak šachová figúrka, kameň
- šachová figúrkaany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- kameňany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Spanish pieza de ajedrez, trebejo
- pieza de ajedrezany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- trebejoany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Swedish schackpjäs
- schackpjäsany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Tamil சதுரங்கக் காய்
- சதுரங்கக் காய் (caturaṅkak kāy)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Turkish satranç taşı
- satranç taşıany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Ukrainian ша́хова фігу́ра
- ша́хова фігу́ра (šáxova fihúra)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Vietnamese con cờ, quân cờ
- con cờany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- quân cờany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Welsh dyn gwyddbwyll, darn gwyddbwyll
- dyn gwyddbwyllany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- darn gwyddbwyllany of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Yiddish פֿיגור, שאָכפֿיגור
- פֿיגור (figur)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
- שאָכפֿיגור (shokhfigur)any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
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APA
chess piece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chess%20piece
MLA
“chess piece.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chess%20piece. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chess piece,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chess%20piece.
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