en passant

Definition of En Passant in English :

Noun

1. en passant

(chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed

Adverb

2. en passant, in passing

incidentally; in the course of doing something else

Example Sentences:
'he made this remark in passing'

in passing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

En Passant

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adverb

in passing: in chess, said of capturing a pawn that has made an initial move of two squares to its fourth rank, bypassing the square where an enemy pawn on its own fifth rank could capture it. The capture is made as if the captured pawn had moved one square instead of two

En Passant

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in passing; by the way

used, in chess, of the capture of a pawn which has just taken a first move of two squares, passing an opponent's pawn that dominates the first of those squares and that makes the capture by moving to that square

En Passant

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adv.

1. In passing; by the way; incidentally.

2. Used in reference to a move in chess in which a pawn that has just completed an initial advance to its fourth rank is captured by an opponent pawn as if it had only moved to its third rank.

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