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See also: Gambit
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- gambett (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡæmbɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æmbɪt
Noun[edit]
gambit (plural gambits)
- (chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- 2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:
- The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.
- Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
chess move
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ploy
conversation opener
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Verb[edit]
gambit (third-person singular simple present gambits, present participle gambiting, simple past and past participle gambited)
- (chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
gambit m (plural gambits)
Further reading[edit]
- “gambit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English gambit, from Italian gambetto, from gamba, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gambit m inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of gambit
Further reading[edit]
- gambit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gambit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
gambit n (plural gambituri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of gambit
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) gambit | gambitul | (niște) gambituri | gambiturile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) gambit | gambitului | (unor) gambituri | gambiturilor |
| vocative | gambitule | gambiturilor | ||
Slovak[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gambit m inan (genitive singular gambitu, nominative plural gambity, genitive plural gambitov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension[edit]
Declension of gambit
Further reading[edit]
- gambit in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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