Singular

Plural

the piece

the pieces

Worttrennung:

piece, Plural: piec·es

Aussprache:

IPA: []
Hörbeispiele:   piece (Info)   piece (US-amerikanisch) (Info), Plural:   pieces (US-amerikanisch) (Info)

Bedeutungen:

[1] Teil, Stück
[2] Brettspiele, einschließlich Schach: Stein oder Spielfigur
[3] Schach: Offizier, Sammelbezeichnung für König, Dame, Turm, Läufer und Springer

Synonyme:

[1] part

Gegenwörter:

[3] pawn

Unterbegriffe:

[2] chess piece, chessman
[3] major piece (rook, castle, queen), minor piece (knight, bishop), king

Beispiele:

[1] "The lower jaw consists of the curved piece of bone, in which the sixteen teeth are set, and of a process or branch on either side, which rises nearly at a right angle to be articulated by means of its condyle with the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone. "[1]
[2] „Pieces are the larger and generally more powerful chess pieces.“[2]
[3] „Pieces are the larger and generally more powerful chess pieces. There are eight of them: king, queen, two bishops, two knights, and two rooks. […] When chess players talk about "pieces," they're not talking about all chess pieces (including pawns) but only these eight that are stronger and generally more important. […]
The five types of pieces can be divided up in several ways. […]“[3]
[3] „Of the sixteen men on either side, eight are called Pieces, and eight Pawns. The eight pieces consist of a King, a Queen, two Castles or Rooks, two Bishops, and two Knights.“[4]
[3] „Pawns, unlike pieces, move only in one direction: forward.“[5]

Übersetzungen

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[*] Englischer Wikipedia-Artikel „piece
[1] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary „piece
[1] Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus „piece
[1–3] Dictionary.com Englisch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Thesaurus und Enzyklopädie „piece
[1, 2] PONS Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „piece
[1, 2] LEO Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „piece
[1–3] dict.cc Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „piece
[3] Bruce Pandolfini: Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps. 1989, Seite 230, Stichwort PIECE im „Glossary“.

Quellen:

  1. Herbert Mayo; Outlines of human physiology; Burgess and Hill, 1827 Google Books
  2. Ethan Moore: How to Beat Anyone at Chess: The Best Chess Tips, Moves, and Tactics to Checkmate. F+W Media, 2015, Seite 24.
  3. Ethan Moore: How to Beat Anyone at Chess: The Best Chess Tips, Moves, and Tactics to Checkmate. F+W Media, 2015, Seite 24 und 33.
  4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica. Seventh Edition. Volume VI. 1842, Seite 511. Kursiv gedruckt: Pieces, Pawns, King, Queen, Castles, Rooks, Bishops, Knights.
  5. Hans Kmoch: Pawn Power in Chess. Dover edition von 1990, ursprünglich von 1959.