en passant
Pronunciation Adverb
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Pronunciation Adverb
en passant
- In passing, by the way, incidentally. [from early 17th c.]
- (chess) Of a player's pawn#Noun|pawn when it has moved forward two square#Noun|squares on its first move in the game: capture#Verb|captured "in passing" by the other player's pawn, as if the first player's pawn had only moved forward one square.
- French: en passant
- Spanish: de paso
- French: en passant
en passant
- (chess) A move#Noun|move in which a pawn#Noun|pawn capture#Verb|captures an opposing#Adjective|opposing pawn on the same rank#Noun|rank immediately after the latter has moved forward two square#Noun|squares on its first move in the game#Noun|game, as if it had moved forward only one square.
- French: en passant
- German: Schlagen im Vorübergehen, en passant
- Italian: en passant
- Russian: взя́тие на прохо́де
- Spanish: al paso
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