échec

French

Etymology

From an earlier eschec, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian. See French mat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ʃɛk/

• Audio (France, Paris):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Homophone: échecs

Noun

échec m (plural échecs)

1. failure
2. (chess) check

Interjection

échec

1. check

Descendants

• → Catalan: xec

Further reading

• “échec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.