alfil

Noun

Meaning

alfil (plural alfils)

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Anagrams

flail Filla

Examples

The Spanish alfil is simply a loanword of the Persian term, without any other meaning; while the Italian form, interestingly enough, became alfiere —an already existing Germanic- or Arabian-derived word for standard-bearer. Source: Internet

Murray 1913, p.344 Derivatives of alfil survive in the languages of the two countries where chess were first introduced within Western Europe—Italian (alfiere) and Spanish (alfil). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

alfetamine Alfie Alfierian alfilaria alfileria alfilerilla