Polyglot Dictionary

échec et mat

/e.ʃɛk e mat/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. checkmate

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

schachmatt

schachmatt is the German word for the same thing — both mean "checkmate."

Portuguese

xeque-mate

xeque-mate is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "checkmate."

Practice

1 What does échec et mat mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le champion annonce ___ et mat en dix coups.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches échec et mat?

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