en passant

1. 1.

   (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed

   Broadercapture

   chess

1. 1.

   incidentally; in the course of doing something else

   “he made this remark in passing”

   Synonymsin passing

Questions about en passant

What does en passant mean?

en passant means "(chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for en passant?

Close synonyms include in passing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is en passant a common word?

en passant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.