CHESS

Mekanist   Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:18 am GMT
Let's see how the word "Chess" translates into the different languages of the world, I'll start:

Français = Échecs

3arabi = Shi6ranj
blanc   Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:40 pm GMT
Russian
шахматы - shakhmaty. From Persian "šāh māt = the shah died"

Ukranian
шахи - shakhy

Spanish
ajedrez - from Hispanic Arabic "aššaṭranǧ o aššiṭranǧ", from classic Arabic "šiṭranǧ", from Persian "čatrang", from Sanscrit "čaturaṅga = of four members"

Portuguese
xadrez

Italian
scacchi

English
chess - from Old French esches
Not really German   Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:08 am GMT
German
Schach