alfil
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish alfil (“chess bishop”).
Noun
[edit]alfil (plural alfils)
- (chess) A fairy piece that moves two squares diagonally, leaping over any intermediary pieces.
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Noun
[edit]alfil m (plural alfiles)
See also
[edit]| Chess pieces in Asturian · pieces d'axedrez (layout · text) | |||||
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Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alfil m (plural alfils)
See also
[edit]| Chess pieces in Catalan · peces d'escacs (layout · text) | |||||
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فِيل (fīl, “elephant”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian پیل (pīl).
Noun
[edit]alfil m (plural alfís)
See also
[edit]| Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text) | |||||
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Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فِيل (fīl, “elephant”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian پیل (pīl).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alfil m (plural alfiles)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]| Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text) | |||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “alfil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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