en passant

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  1. adverb In passing; by the way; incidentally.
  2. adverb Used in reference to a move in chess in which a pawn that has just completed an initial advance to its fourth rank is captured by an opponent pawn as if it had only moved to its third rank.

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  1. French : en, in + passant, passing.

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  1. French: en, in, from Latin in; passant, verbal noun of passer, passive
 

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/ɑn pæˈsɑn/
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