checkmate
interjectionnomverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt//
Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
interjection
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Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
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Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
Étymologie
Etymology tree Old French eschec matbor. Middle English chekmat English checkmate From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
nom
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The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7.
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figuréAny losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
verbe
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To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
My opponent checkmated me in four moves!
The game is won by the player who has checkmated his/her opponent’s king.
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To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
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Formes
- pluriel
- checkmates
- passé
- checkmated
- participe passé
- checkmated
- participe présent
- checkmating
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- checkmates
checkmate · Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
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