Pronuciation and Meaning?

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Drcruiser

I've heard many different pronuciations for "Fianchetto," but which is the proper way to say it? The different pronuciations stem around the "ch" in the middle of the word. Is this said with a hard "k" sound? A soft "sh" sound (as in, sheet)? A "ch" sound, as in church?

Also, what language does this word belong to? We know that it describes a position of the bishop in a chess game, but what does the word actually mean?

RyanMK

It is a hard "k" sound. It is Italian and it means little flanking.

Ray_Brooks

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-do-you-pronounce-fianchetto?lc=1

jeaczr4242

it is like this (piano) move out the p make it F and move out the O so u make now the 1st fian ,now the (che) like this its not hard because it is E at the end so it sounds like check move out the CK so it is che ,,,now SAY IT FIAN---CHE---TTO maybe it helps hehehehhe 

__zugzwang

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/fianchetto