scacchi

== Italian == === Etymology === From Provençal escac, from Persian شاه (šâh, “shah”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskak.ki/ Rhymes: -akki Hyphenation: scàc‧chi === Noun === scacchi m plural of scacco (board games) chess === See also === === Further reading === scacchi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana scacchi on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it == Latin == === Noun === scacchī m pl (genitive scacchōrum); second declension alternative spelling of scaccī (“chess”) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, plural only.