scacchiere

chessboard

noun skahk-KYEH-reh Rare

Origin: From scacco (chess piece/check), from Arabic al-shāh (the king).

Also means

theatre of operations

Usage Note

Scacchiere is masculine (lo scacchiere, pl. gli scacchieri). Its primary meaning is the chessboard, but in military and geopolitical journalism lo scacchiere means a theatre of operations or strategic arena: lo scacchiere mediterraneo (the Mediterranean theatre). It is also the Italian name for the British Exchequer.

Examples

"Il generale valutava le mosse sullo scacchiere."

Natural Translation

The general assessed the moves on the chessboard.

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