en passant

English

Wikipedia

En passant in chess

Etymology

From French en passant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒn paˈsɒ̃/

Adverb

en passant ‎(not comparable)

1. In passing; incidentally; by the way.
2. (chess) Describing a special kind of pawn capture, whereby a pawn captures an opposing pawn immediately after it has moved forward two squares from its initial position as if it had moved only one square; the opposing pawn is captured "in passing through" the usual square from where it would ordinarily be liable to be captured.

Noun

en passant ‎(plural en passants)

1. (chess) A move in which a pawn captures an opposing pawn on the same rank immediately after the latter moved two squares from its initial position as if it had moved only one square.
   • 2007, Mark Borders, The Self-Improvement of Chess^[1], Lulu, ISBN 978-1-4303-2764-6, page 12:

     En passant is the rarest of moves.

Translations

chess move

• Czech: braní mimochodem n, en passant
• French: en passant (fr)
• German: Schlagen im Vorübergehen n

• Icelandic: framhjáhlaup n
• Russian: взя́тие на прохо́де n ‎(vzjátije na proxóde), анпасса́н m ‎(anpassán), энпасса́н m ‎(enpassán)
• Spanish: al paso

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Czech

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

From French en passant ‎(“in passing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːn pasaːn/

Phrase

en passant

1. (chess) en passant

Synonyms

• (chess move): braní mimochodem

External links

• en passant in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

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Danish

Etymology

From French en passant ‎(“in passing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anɡpasanɡ/, [ɑŋpʰaˈsɑŋ]

Adverb

en passant

1. en passant
2. (chess) en passant

Synonyms

• (in passing): i forbifarten

See also

• En passant on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pa.sɑ̃/

Adverb

en passant

1. in passing; incidentally, by the way
2. (chess) en passant