Meanings
alternative archaic drafts
- CommonwealthIrelandUKuncountableboard gamesA board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
Synonyms: checkers
- uncountableA mild vesicatory.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek πεσσεία
- πεσσεία (pesseía)game for two players
Arabic دَامَا, دَامَة
- دَامَا (dāmā)game for two players
- دَامَة (dāma)game for two players
- ضَامَة (ḍāma)game for two players
Basque dama-joko
- dama-jokogame for two players
Bengali চেকারস
- চেকারস (cekars)game for two players
Bulgarian да́ма, ша́шки
- да́ма (dáma)game for two players
- ша́шки (šáški)game for two players
Catalan dames
- damesgame for two players
Chinese Cantonese 跳棋
- 跳棋game for two players
Chinese Mandarin 國際跳棋 /国际跳棋, 跳棋
- 國際跳棋 /国际跳棋 (guójì tiàoqí)game for two players
- 跳棋 (tiàoqí)game for two players
Czech dáma
- dámagame for two players
Danish dam
- damgame for two players
Dutch damspel
- damspelgame for two players
Esperanto damludo, damoj
- damludogame for two players
- damojgame for two players
Estonian kabe, kabemäng
- kabegame for two players
- kabemänggame for two players
- tamkagame for two players
- tamkamänggame for two players
Finnish tammi, tammipeli
- tammigame for two players
- tammipeligame for two players
French jeu de dames, dames
- jeu de damesgame for two players
- damesgame for two players
German Dame, Damespiel
- Damegame for two players
- Damespielgame for two players
Greek ντάμα
- ντάμα (ntáma)game for two players
Hebrew דַּמְקָה
- דַּמְקָה (dámka)game for two players
Hindi चेकर्स, ड्राफ़्टस
- चेकर्स (cekars)game for two players
- ड्राफ़्टस (ḍrāfṭas)game for two players
Hungarian dáma
- dámagame for two players
Icelandic dammur, dammtafl
- dammurgame for two players
- dammtaflgame for two players
Indonesian dam
- damgame for two players
Irish táiplis (bheag)
- táiplis (bheag)game for two players
Italian dama
- damagame for two players
Japanese チェッカー, 西洋碁
- チェッカー (chekkā)game for two players
- 西洋碁 (seiyōgo)game for two players
- ドラフツ (dorafutsu)game for two players
Korean 체커
- 체커 (chekeo)game for two players
Latvian dambrete
- dambretegame for two players
Lithuanian saškės
- saškėsgame for two players
Malay dam, damdam
- damgame for two players
- damdamgame for two players
Māori mū
- mūgame for two players
Norwegian Bokmål dam
- damgame for two players
Polish warcaby
- warcabygame for two players
Portuguese damas
- damasgame for two players
Romanian dame
- damegame for two players
Russian ша́шки
- ша́шки (šáški)game for two players
Scottish Gaelic dàmais, tàileasg
- dàmaisgame for two players
- tàileasggame for two players
Slovak dáma
- dámagame for two players
Spanish damas, andarraya
- damasgame for two players
- andarrayagame for two players
Swahili dama, drafti
- damagame for two players
- draftigame for two players
Swedish damspel, dam
- damspelgame for two players
- damgame for two players
Tagalog dama
- damagame for two players
Tamil அட்டாங்கம்
- அட்டாங்கம் (aṭṭāṅkam)game for two players
Thai หมากฮอส
- หมากฮอส (màak-hɔ́t)game for two players
Turkish dama
- damagame for two players
Ukrainian ша́шки
- ша́шки (šášky)game for two players
Urdu ڈْرافْٹَس
- ڈْرافْٹَس (ḍrāfṭas)game for two players
Vietnamese cờ đam
- cờ đamgame for two players
Welsh draffts
- drafftsgame for two players
Yiddish דאַמקע
- דאַמקע (damke)game for two players
Rhymes & wordplay
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