Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)In passing, by the way, incidentally.

    en passant, en passant

    взятие на проходеvzjatije na proxode

    взяття на проходіvzjattja na proxodi, бите поле

    incidentally; in the course of doing something else

  2. (not comparable)Of a capture of an enemy pawn, by moving one's pawn to the square that the enemy pawn has just passed over.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. En passant is a special type of pawn move in chess.

    Взяття на проході - особливий хід пішкою у шахах. — deniko

  2. The white pawn took the black pawn "en passant".

    ruБелая пешка забрала черную пешку "на проходе". — carlosalberto

    deDer weiße Bauer schlug den schwarzen en passant. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Google 'en passant'.

    ruЗагугли "взятие на проходе". — Ooneykcall

  4. The "en passant" capture is a peculiarity of the pawn movement. No other chess piece can do anything like that.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(chess) captured “in passing” by the other player's pawn:
Русский
By meaning 1
(chess) captured “in passing” by the other player's pawn:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in passing:

Origin

An unadapted borrowing from French en passant.

An unadapted borrowing from French en passant.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • incidentally; in the course of doing something else:in passing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
en passant — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto