EN PASSANT

Meaning of EN PASSANT in English

/ ˌɒ͂ ˈpæsɒ͂; NAmE ˌɑ͂ː pæˈsɑ͂ː/ adverb

(from French ) while talking about sth else and without giving much information :

He mentioned en passant that he was going away.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: French , literally in passing .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

EN PASSANT — adverb Etymology: French Date: 1665 in passing, 2. — used in chess of the capture of a pawn as it …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EN PASSANT — äⁿpäsäⁿ adverb Etymology: French : in passing : in the course of a procedure : incidentally he mentioned en passant …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EN PASSANT — () of the taking of an adverse pawn which makes a first move of two squares by a pawn already …
Английский словарь Webster
EN PASSANT — () In passing; in the course of any procedure;
Английский словарь Webster
EN PASSANT — /ahn' pa sahnt"/ ; Fr. /ahonn pah sahonn"/ 1. ( italics ) French. in passing; by the way. 2. Chess. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EN PASSANT — adv. incidently, in passing (French); regarding a chess move in which a pawn is captured after passing over a square …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EN PASSANT — adverb Etymology: French Date: 1665 1. : in passing 2. — used in chess of the capture of a pawn …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EN PASSANT — add. ·- in passing; in the course of any procedure;. 2. en passant ·add. ·- of the taking of an …
Webster English vocab
EN PASSANT — Pronunciation: ˌ ä n - ˌ pä- ' sä n , -p ə - Function: adverb Etymology: F Date: 1665 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EN PASSANT — [ ɒ~ pa'sα:nt , 'pasɒ~ ] ■ adverb by the way. Phrases ~ rule (or law ) Chess the rule …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EN PASSANT — [en pas.sant] adv [F] (1665) 1: in passing 2--used in chess of the capture of a pawn as it makes …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EN PASSANT — en passant BrE AmE ˌɒn ˈpæs ɒn ⇨ˌɒm-, ˌɒ̃-, -ɒnt, -ɑːnt, -ɒ̃; -pæ ˈsɒnt, -ˈsɑːnt AmE ˌɑːn pɑː ˈsɑːn -pə- …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EN PASSANT — adv. 1 by the way. 2 Chess used with reference to the permitted capture of an opponent's pawn that has …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EN PASSANT — adv. 1 by the way. 2 Chess used with reference to the permitted capture of an opponent's pawn that has …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EN PASSANT — adv.1 by the way. 2 Chess used with reference to the permitted capture of an opponent's pawn that has just …
Oxford English vocab
EN PASSANT — [ Fr. ] In passing, by the way, by the bye.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
EN PASSANT — 25B6; adverb IN PASSING, incidentally, by the way, parenthetically, while on the subject, apropos.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EN PASSANT — French "in passing." It occurs when a pawn moves two squares from its starting position, and passes an enemy pawn …
English Glossary of Chess Terms
EN PASSANT — (французское) мимоходом, между прочим (французское) (шахматное) на проходе
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EN PASSANT — Мимоходом
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EN PASSANT — фр. 1> мимоходом, между прочим 2> шахм. на проходе
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EN PASSANT — фр. 1) мимоходом, между прочим 2) шахм. на проходе
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EN PASSANT — фр. 1> мимоходом, между прочим 2> шахм. на проходе
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EN PASSANT — adv. мимоходом, между прочим
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EN PASSANT — adv. мимоходом, между прочим
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EN PASSANT — мимоходом
English-Russian Online Dictionary
EN PASSANT — (французское) мимоходом, между прочим (французское) (шахматное) на проходе
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EN — en- prefixo [ em- before -b-, -m-, -p-, -ph- ; used chiefly to form technical terms] en-, em- (= in, …
Interlingua English vocab
PASSANT — adjective Etymology: Middle English passaunt, from Anglo-French ~, from present participle of passer to pass Date: 15th century walking with …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Aix en Provence Wu Ch'eng en Chou En lai
Английский словарь Британика
EN- — I. prefix also em- Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin in-, im-, from in — more at in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EN — I. ˈen noun ( -s ) 1. : the letter n 2. : the set dimension of an en quad …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-EN — I. _ən, ə n sometimes ə m after p, b, f, or v sometimes ə ŋ after k or g …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASSANT — ˈpas ə nt adjective Etymology: Middle French, from present participle of passer to pass 1. : walking with the further …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASSANT — (v. i.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw …
Английский словарь Webster
PASSANT — (v. i.) Surpassing; excelling.
Английский словарь Webster
PASSANT — (v. i.) Curs/ry, careless.
Английский словарь Webster
PASSANT — (v. i.) Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.
Английский словарь Webster
PASSANT — ( v. i. ) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSANT — ( v. i. ) Surpassing; excelling.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSANT — ( v. i. ) Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSANT — ( v. i. ) Curs/ry, careless.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSANT — /pas"euhnt/ , adj. Heraldry. (of a beast) represented as in the act of walking, with one forepaw raised. [ 1375-1425; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-EN — -en 1 a suffix formerly used to form transitive and intransitive verbs from adjectives ( fasten; harden; sweeten ), or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EN- — en- 1 a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English on this model, forming verbs with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EN — /en/ , n. 1. the letter N, n. 2. Also called nut . Print. half of the width of an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSANT — adj. passing; changing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EN- — I. prefix also em- in also en; sometimes only in is shown when en is infrequent Etymology: Middle English, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-EN — I. adjective suffix also -n Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German -īn made of, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PASSANT — adjective Etymology: Middle English passaunt, from Anglo-French passant, from present participle of passer to pass Date: 15th century : walking …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PASSANT — vi curs/ry, careless. 2. passant ·vi surpassing; excelling. 3. passant ·vi passing from one to another; in circulation; current. 4. …
Webster English vocab
EN- — a prefix from ·gr. / in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. ·see in-. 2. en- ·- a prefix signifying in …
Webster English vocab
-EN — an adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden. 2. -en ·- the termination of the past participle …
Webster English vocab
PASSANT — [ 'pas(ə)nt ] ■ adjective Heraldry (of an animal) represented as walking towards the dexter side, with the right front …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PASSANT — [pas.sant] adj [ME passaunt, fr. MF passant, fr. prp. of passer to pass] (15c): walking with the farther forepaw raised--used …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EN- — [en-] also em- prefix [ME, fr. OF, fr. L in-, im-, fr. in] 1: put into or onto "enthrone": cover …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EN — [en] n (1792) 1: the width of a piece of type half the width of an em 2: the letter …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-EN — [-en] also -n adj suffix [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG -in made of, L -inus of or belonging to, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PASSANT — passant BrE AmE ˈpæs ə nt ˈpɑːs-, -ɒ̃t —French [ pa sɑ̃ ]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EN- — en- BrE AmE ɪn ən, (¦)en —This prefix is stressed ¦en if the following syllable is unstressed ( ˌ enhar …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EN — I en printer's measure BrE AmE en ▷ ens enz II en in French phrases BrE AmE ɒ̃ ɒn, ɑːn …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PASSANT — ➡ en passant •• WORD ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French , literally proceeding , present participle of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EN- — en- /ɪn, en/ BrE AmE prefix [in verbs] [ Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin in- , from in 'in' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PASSANT — adj. Heraldry (of an animal) walking and looking to the dexter side, with three paws on the ground and the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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