alfil

English

Alternative forms

• fil, pil

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alfil (“chess bishop”).

Noun

alfil (plural alfils)

1. (chess) A fairy piece that moves two squares diagonally, leaping over any intermediary pieces.

Anagrams

• Filla, flail

Asturian

Noun

alfil m (plural alfiles)

1. (chess) bishop

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈfil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈfil]

Noun

alfil m (plural alfils)

1. (chess) bishop

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِيل (fīl, “elephant”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian پیل (pīl).

Noun

alfil m (plural alfís)

1. (chess) bishop

Spanish

Alternative forms

• arfil (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِيل (fīl, “elephant”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian پیل (pīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈfil/ [alˈfil]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: al‧fil

Noun

alfil m (plural alfiles)

1. (chess) bishop

Derived terms

• alfil bueno
• alfil malo

 

Related terms

• marfil

 

Further reading

• “alfil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16