''echec'' e ''echecs'' em francês, ''scacco'' em italiano e ''xaque'' em espanhol.<ref name="stamma.p.vi">[[Philipp Stamma]], ''The Noble Game of Chess: Or, A New and Easy Method to Learn to Play Well in a Short Time: Together with a Curious Account of Its Antiquity, Derivation of Its Terms, Etc'', ''The Preface'', p.vi</ref> ''Shâh-mât'' significa ''o rei está morto''.<ref name="stamma.p.x">[[Philipp Stamma]], ''The Noble Game of Chess: Or, A New and Easy Method to Learn to Play Well in a Short Time: Together with a Curious Account of Its Antiquity, Derivation of Its Terms, Etc'', ''The Preface'', p.x</ref>
