Draughts

//dɹɑːfts//

Synonyms for "draughts" (6 found)

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Related words (3)

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Translations

107 translations across 82 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • damë noun (game for two players)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πεσσεία noun (game for two players)

Arabic

4 entries
  • دَامَا noun (game for two players)
  • دَامَة noun (game for two players)
  • ضامة noun (game for two players)
  • ضَامَة noun (game for two players)

Armenian

1 entries
  • շաշկի noun (game for two players)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • dama noun (game for two players)

Basque

1 entries
  • dama-joko noun (game for two players)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ша́шкі noun (game for two players)

Bengali

1 entries
  • চেকারস noun (game for two players)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • да́ма noun (game for two players)
  • ша́шки noun (game for two players)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကျားထိုးခြင်း noun (game for two players)

Catalan

1 entries
  • dames noun (game for two players)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دامە noun (game for two players)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 跳棋 noun (game for two players)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 跳棋 noun (game for two players)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 國際跳棋 /国际跳棋 noun (game for two players)
  • 跳棋 noun (game for two players)

Chuukese

1 entries
  • sikang noun (game for two players)

Czech

1 entries
  • dáma noun (game for two players)

Danish

1 entries
  • dam noun (game for two players)

Dutch

1 entries
  • damspel noun (game for two players)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • damludo noun (game for two players)

Estonian

4 entries
  • kabe noun (game for two players)
  • kabemäng noun (game for two players)
  • tamka noun (game for two players)
  • tamkamäng noun (game for two players)

Finnish

2 entries
  • tammi noun (game for two players)
  • tammipeli noun (game for two players)

French

2 entries
  • dames noun (game for two players)
  • jeu de dames noun (game for two players)

Galician

1 entries
  • damas noun (game for two players)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შაში noun (game for two players)

German

2 entries
  • Dame noun (game for two players)
  • Damespiel noun (game for two players)

Greek

1 entries
  • ντάμα noun (game for two players)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • דַּמְקָה noun (game for two players)

Hindi

2 entries
  • चेकर्स noun (game for two players)
  • ड्राफ़्टस noun (game for two players)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • dáma noun (game for two players)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • dammtafl noun (game for two players)
  • dammur noun (game for two players)

Ido

1 entries
  • dami noun (game for two players)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • dam noun (game for two players)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • šaškat noun (game for two players)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • دام noun (game for two players)
  • چِکِرْز noun (game for two players)

Italian

1 entries
  • dama noun (game for two players)

Japanese

3 entries
  • チェッカー noun (game for two players)
  • ドラフツ noun (game for two players)
  • 西洋碁 noun (game for two players)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • damka noun (game for two players)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • дойбы noun (game for two players)

Korean

1 entries
  • 체커 noun (game for two players)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • дойбу noun (game for two players)
  • шашка noun (game for two players)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຫມາກດາມ noun (game for two players)

Latvian

1 entries
  • dambrete noun (game for two players)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • saškės noun (game for two players)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • да́ма noun (game for two players)

Malay

2 entries
  • dam noun (game for two players)
  • damdam noun (game for two players)

Maranao

1 entries
  • dama noun (game for two players)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • даам noun (game for two players)

Māori

1 entries
  • mū noun (game for two players)

Navajo

1 entries
  • naalzhoodí noun (game for two players)

Nganasan

1 entries
  • нанудеда noun (game for two players)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • dame noun (game for two players)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • dam noun (game for two players)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • dam noun (game for two players)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Daumbrat noun (game for two players)

Polish

1 entries
  • warcaby noun (game for two players)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • damas noun (game for two players)

Romanian

1 entries
  • dame noun (game for two players)

Russian

1 entries
  • ша́шки noun (game for two players)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • dàmais noun (game for two players)
  • tàileasg noun (game for two players)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • dáma noun (game for two players)
  • да́ма noun (game for two players)

Slovak

1 entries
  • dáma noun (game for two players)

Slovene

1 entries
  • dama noun (game for two players)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • шатра noun (game for two players)

Spanish

2 entries
  • andarraya noun (game for two players)
  • damas noun (game for two players)

Swahili

2 entries
  • dama noun (game for two players)
  • drafti noun (game for two players)

Swedish

2 entries
  • dam noun (game for two players)
  • damspel noun (game for two players)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • dama noun (game for two players)

Tajik

1 entries
  • шашка noun (game for two players)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அட்டாங்கம் noun (game for two players)

Tatar

1 entries
  • шашка noun (game for two players)

Thai

1 entries
  • หมากฮอส noun (game for two players)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • མཆོང་སྒྲིག་མིག་མངས noun (game for two players)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dama noun (game for two players)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • şaşka noun (game for two players)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ша́шки noun (game for two players)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ڈْرافْٹَس noun (game for two players)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • دامكا noun (game for two players)
  • شاشكا noun (game for two players)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • damka noun (game for two players)
  • shashka noun (game for two players)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cờ đam noun (game for two players)

Yakut

1 entries
  • дуобат noun (game for two players)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • דאַמקע noun (game for two players)

Sample sentences

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Tom and Mary played draughts.

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Especially during winter, Tom appreciated the weatherstripping material that Mary had installed to prevent doorway draughts.

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"Checkers" is the American name for what is called "draughts" in Britain.

Source: tatoeba (6964143)

In the smoking room, there were always parties of gentlemen playing euchre, draughts and dominoes.

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