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en passant adverb

  /ɑ̃ pa.sɑ̃/
  • Se dit, en interrompant le fil d’une conversation, pour parler succinctement d’une chose qui se présente à l’esprit
 by the way
  • (Sens figuré) En faisant avec quelque sorte de précipitation et sans y avoir donné le temps nécessaire
 in passing, past
soit dit en passant
by the way, mentioned in passing
en passant par
by way of

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en passant adverb

  /ˌɑn pæˈsɑnt/ , /ˌɑn pəˈsɑnt/ , /ˌɒ̃ pæˈsɒ̃/
  • In passing, by the way, incidentally. [from early 17th c.]
  • (of capturing an enemy pawn in chess) By moving one's pawn to the square that the enemy pawn has just passed over.
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en passant noun

  /ˌɑn pæˈsɑnt/ , /ˌɑn pəˈsɑnt/ , /ˌɒ̃ pæˈsɒ̃/
  • (chess) A move in which a pawn captures an opposing pawn on the same rank immediately after the latter has moved forward two squares on its first move in the game, as if it had moved forward only one square.
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