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Etymology
Italian, a diminutive of fianca ‘flank’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/fɪən'ʧɛtəʊ/, /fɪən'kɛtəʊ/

Noun
en-noun|fianchett|i

1. context|Chess the development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file

#:*1994: I’m not a hero, I’m not even a chessboard knight. Trying to be a priest was something of a fianchetto wasn’t it? Clever move by a poor player. — Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies

Verb
en-verb

1. context|chess to develop a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file

fi:fianchetto

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