EN PASSANT Definition & Meaning

en passant

[ ahn pa-sahnt; French ahn pah-sahn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

(italics) French. in passing; by the way.
Chess. (used when a pawn that has moved two squares is captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed.)

en passant

/ ɒn pæˈsɑːnt; ɑ̃ pasɑ̃ /

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

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Origin of en passant¹

First recorded in 1655–65

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Origin of en passant¹

C17: from French

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“You don’t need to know anything about Aristophanes and ancient Greece to engage in the festival. You can, en passant, find out about these things.”

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While he said that a deal was possible by the end of the week, German EU Commissioner Guenter Oettinger cautioned that “Greece’s challenges are too big to be solved ‘en passant.’”

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"Greece's challenges are too big to be solved 'en passant'," he said.

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She mentioned, en passant, the need to end “unproductive discussions” in “ideological bunkers.”

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Their attempt to capture a pawn “en passant” failed.

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