да́ма — meaning in English
dama
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English meaning
- draughts noun The British English name for checkers: a board game for two players who try to capture all of the opponent's pieces by jumping over them.
- hopscotch noun A children's game of hopping through a pattern of numbered squares chalked on the ground.
- lady noun A polite or formal word for a woman, especially one with refined manners.
- queen noun A female monarch who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
Senses
да́ма is used for these senses in English:
- draughts (board games, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
- hopscotch (playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.
- lady A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
- queen (cards) A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.
- queen (chess) A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
hopscotch — full definition
- noun A children's game of hopping through a pattern of numbered squares chalked on the ground.
- verb To move by jumping from one thing to another, as in the game.