noun
Meaning 1
A human or computer that plays the game of chess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chesser, chessist
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
chess player
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who plays the game of chess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: player, participant
Narrower terms: chess master, patzer
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: shahist — a person who plays chess
- Armenian: շախմատիստ (šaxmatist) — a person who plays chess
- Armenian: շախմատիստուհի (šaxmatistuhi) — a person who plays chess
- Asturian: axedrecista — a person who plays chess
- Azerbaijani: şahmatçı — a person who plays chess
- Basque: xakelari — a person who plays chess
- Belarusian: шахматы́ст (šaxmatýst) — a person who plays chess
- Belarusian: шахматы́стка (šaxmatýstka) — a person who plays chess
- Bengali: দাবাড়ু (dabaṛu) — a person who plays chess
- Bulgarian: шахмати́ст (šahmatíst) — a person who plays chess
- Bulgarian: шахмати́стка (šahmatístka) — a person who plays chess
- Catalan: escaquista — a person who plays chess
- Chinese Mandarin: 棋手 (qíshǒu) — a person who plays chess
- Chinese Mandarin: 棋士 (qíshì) — a person who plays chess
- Czech: šachista — a person who plays chess
- Czech: šachistka — a person who plays chess
- Danish: skakspiller — a person who plays chess
- Dutch: schaker — a person who plays chess
- Dutch: schaakster — a person who plays chess
- Dutch: schaakspeler — a person who plays chess
- Esperanto: ŝakisto — a person who plays chess
- Esperanto: ŝakistino — a person who plays chess
- Estonian: malemängija — a person who plays chess
- Estonian: maletaja — a person who plays chess
- Faroese: telvari — a person who plays chess
- Faroese: talvleikari — a person who plays chess
- Finnish: šakinpelaaja — a person who plays chess
- French: joueur d’échecs — a person who plays chess
- French: joueuse d’échecs — a person who plays chess
- Galician: xadrecista — a person who plays chess
- German: Schachspieler — a person who plays chess
- German: Schachspielerin — a person who plays chess
- Greek: σκακιστής (skakistís) — a person who plays chess
- Greek: σκακίστρια (skakístria) — a person who plays chess
- Hungarian: sakkozó — a person who plays chess
- Hungarian: sakkjátékos — a person who plays chess
- Icelandic: skákmaður — a person who plays chess
- Irish: ficheallaí — a person who plays chess
- Irish: imreoir fichille — a person who plays chess
- Italian: scacchista — a person who plays chess
- Japanese: チェス選手 (chesu senshu) — a person who plays chess
- Kalmyk: шатрч (şatrç) — a person who plays chess
- Kazakh: шахматшы (şaxmatşy) — a person who plays chess
- Korean: 체스 선수 (cheseu seonsu) — a person who plays chess
- Latvian: šahmatists — a person who plays chess
- Latvian: šahmatiste — a person who plays chess
- Lithuanian: šachmãtininkas — a person who plays chess
- Lithuanian: šachmãtininkė — a person who plays chess
- Macedonian: шахист (šahist) — a person who plays chess
- Macedonian: шахистка (šahistka) — a person who plays chess
- Nogai: шатырашшы (şatıraşşı) — a person who plays chess
- Pannonian Rusyn: шахиста (šaxista) — a person who plays chess
- Pannonian Rusyn: шахистка (šaxistka) — a person who plays chess
- Persian: شَطرَنجباز (šatranj-bâz) — a person who plays chess
- Polish: szachista — a person who plays chess
- Polish: szachistka — a person who plays chess
- Portuguese: enxadrista — a person who plays chess
- Portuguese: xadrezista — a person who plays chess
- Romanian: jucător de șah — a person who plays chess
- Romanian: jucătoare de șah — a person who plays chess
- Romanian: șahist — a person who plays chess
- Romanian: șahistă — a person who plays chess
- Russian: шахмати́ст (šaxmatíst) — a person who plays chess
- Russian: шахмати́стка (šaxmatístka) — a person who plays chess
- Northern Sami: šáhkkaspealli — a person who plays chess
- Slovak: šachista — a person who plays chess
- Slovak: šachistka — a person who plays chess
- Slovene: šahist — a person who plays chess
- Slovene: šahistka — a person who plays chess
- Spanish: ajedrecista — a person who plays chess
- Swedish: schackspelare — a person who plays chess
- Tajik: шоҳмотбоз (šohmotboz) — a person who plays chess
- Tajik: шатранҷбоз (šatranjboz) — a person who plays chess
- Tatar: шахматчы (şaxmatçı) — a person who plays chess
- Turkish: satranççı — a person who plays chess
- Turkmen: küştçi — a person who plays chess
- Tuvan: шыдыраачызы (şıdıraaçızı) — a person who plays chess
- Ukrainian: шахі́ст (šaxíst) — a person who plays chess
- Ukrainian: шахі́стка (šaxístka) — a person who plays chess
- Uzbek: shaxmatchi — a person who plays chess