ajedrez

== Spanish == === 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): /axeˈdɾeθ/ [a.xeˈð̞ɾeθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /axeˈdɾes/ [a.xeˈð̞ɾes] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: a‧je‧drez === Noun === ajedrez m (plural ajedreces) chess ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Central Bikol: ahedres → Cebuano: ahedres → Hiligaynon: ahedres → Tagalog: ahedres ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “ajedrez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025