échiqueter
French, verb/e.ʃik.te/
échiqueter is a French verb meaning “to divide (esp. a coat of arms) into a chequered pattern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diviser (un blason) en petits carrés, de deux couleurs (comme un échiquier)”.
What does échiqueter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to divide (esp. a coat of arms) into a chequered pattern
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Diviser (un blason) en petits carrés, de deux couleurs (comme un échiquier).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of échiqueter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- échiquetant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- échiqueté participle past
- échiquète first-person indicative present
- échiquètes indicative present second-person
- échiquetons first-person indicative plural
- échiquetez indicative plural present
- échiquètent indicative plural present
- échiquetais first-person imperfect indicative
- échiquetait imperfect indicative singular
- échiquetions first-person imperfect indicative
- échiquetiez imperfect indicative plural
- échiquetaient imperfect indicative plural
- échiquetai first-person historic indicative
- échiquetas historic indicative past
- échiqueta historic indicative past
- échiquetâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce échiqueter?
- /e.ʃik.te/
- \e.ʃi.kə.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.