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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English cheque.
Noun
xec m (plural xecs)
- check/cheque
- Synonym: taló
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French échec.
Interjection
xec
- (chess) check!
- Synonym: escac
Further reading
- “xec”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “xec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “xec” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “xec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.