eschec et mat

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic شاه مات (šāh māt), itself borrowed from Persian.

Noun[edit]

eschec et mat m

  1. (chess) checkmate

References[edit]

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eschec, supplement)
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