eschec et mat

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شاه مات (šāh māt), itself borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian.

Noun

eschec et mat m

  1. (chess) checkmate

References

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