en+passant
111en passant — [än pä sän′; ] E [ än΄pə sänt′, en΄pə sänt′] [Fr] 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… …
112en passant rule — (or law) Chess the rule that a pawn making a first move of two squares instead of one may nevertheless be immediately captured by an opposing pawn on the fifth rank …
113en passant — adverb Etymology: French Date: 1665 1. in passing 2. used in chess of the capture of a pawn as it makes a first move of two squares by an enemy pawn that threatens the first of these squares …
114en passant — /ahn pa sahnt /; Fr. /ahonn pah sahonn / 1. (italics) French. in passing; by the way. 2. Chess. a method by which a pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent s pawn commanding the square that was passed. [1655 65] * * * …
115Counter-passant — Her. Describes two animals passing each other in opposite directions. The word counter is used in hunting to indicate the direction opposite to that of the game. Cf. Counter couchant and Counter potent …
116en passant — am Rande, beiläufig, nebenbei [bemerkt/gesagt], nebenher, obenhin, wie zufällig; (bildungsspr.): inzidenter, parenthetisch; (veraltet): inzident, kurzhin. * * * enpassant:1.⇨vorübergehen(2)–2.⇨beiläufig(1)… …
117en passant — en pas·sant [ãpa sã] Adv ≈ beiläufig, nebenbei …
118en passant — {{hw}}{{en passant}}{{/hw}}locuz. avv. Di sfuggita, incidentalmente …
119en passant — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fr. in passing; by the way. See occasion, transientness …
120en passant — (Fr.) In passing …
