checkerboard

English

Alternative forms

• chequerboard

Noun

Wikipedia checkerboard (plural checkerboards)

1. A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
2. A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 64 squares, used to play chess and draughts / checkers.

Synonyms

• (board for draughts): draughtboard

Translations

pattern of squares of alternating colours

• Finnish: ruutukuvio (fi), shakkikuvio (fi)

• Spanish: escaque (es) m

game board

• Bulgarian: шахматна дъска (bg) (šahmatna dǎska)
• Catalan: àbac (ca) m
• Finnish: shakkilauta (fi)

• Russian: шахматная доска (ru) (šáxmatnaja doská) f
• Spanish: tablero (es) m, tablero de damas (es) m, damero (es) m