in passing: in chess, said of capturing a pawn that has made an initial move of two squares to its fourth rank, bypassing the square where an enemy pawn on its own fifth rank could capture it. The capture is made as if the captured pawn had moved onesquare instead of two
Word origin
C17: from French
en passant in American English
(ɑ̃ pɑˈsɑ̃; E ˌɑnpəˈsɑnt; ˌɛnpəˈsɑnt)
in passing; by the way
used, in chess, of the capture of a pawn which has just taken a first move of twosquares, passing an opponent's pawn that dominates the first of those squares andthat makes the capture by moving to that square
Word origin
Fr
Synonyms of 'en passant'
in passing, by the way, incidentally, parenthetically
More Synonyms of en passant
(adverb)
Definition
in passing
He advised her, en passant, that she should see a doctor.
Synonyms
in passing
She only mentioned you in passing.
by the way
By the way, how did your seminar go?
incidentally
The tower, incidentally, dates from the twelfth century.
parenthetically
This brings us, parenthetically, to another question.
by the bye
Additional synonyms
in the sense of by the way
Definition
incidentally
By the way, how did your seminar go?
Synonyms
incidentally,
in passing,
in parenthesis,
en passant,
by the bye
in the sense of incidentally
The tower, incidentally, dates from the twelfth century.
Synonyms
by the way,
in passing,
en passant,
parenthetically,
by the bye
in the sense of parenthetically
This brings us, parenthetically, to another question.