fianchetto

English

Etymology

From Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/, /fɪənˈkɛtəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

fianchetto (plural fianchetti)

1. (chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
   • 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies, →ISBN:

     I’m not a hero, I’m not even a chessboard knight. Trying to be a priest was something of a fianchetto wasn’t it? Clever move by a poor player.

Translations

chess

• Finnish: sivustointi (fi)
• Italian: fianchetto (it)
• Spanish: fianchetto

Verb

fianchetto (third-person singular simple present fianchettos or fianchettoes, present participle fianchettoing, simple past and past participle fianchettoed)

1. (chess) To play a fianchetto.

Italian

Etymology

From fianco (“flank”) +‎ -etto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjanˈkɛt.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛtto
• Hyphenation: fian‧chèt‧to

Noun

fianchetto m (plural fianchetti)

1. (chess) fianchetto
2. (automotive) body panel

Descendants

• → English: fianchetto
• → Spanish: fianchetto

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fianchetto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjaŋˈkɛt.tɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛttɔ
• Syllabification: fian‧chet‧to.

Noun

fianchetto n (indeclinable)

1. (chess) fianchetto (development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file)

Further reading

• fianchetto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• fiancheto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjanˈt͡ʃeto/ [fjãnʲˈt͡ʃe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: fian‧chet‧to

Noun

fianchetto m (plural fianchettos)

1. (chess) fianchetto