En Passant

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
EP
Pronunciation
/ɑ̃ pɑ̃ˈsɑ̃/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Chess

Examples in Context

  1. She felt that it was unimportant and could be dealt with en passant.
  2. He mentioned en passant that he was going away.
  3. Although they got on together at a private dinner before the 1979 election, the two did not know each other well and Friedman is only mentioned en passant in the former prime minister's memoirs.
  4. There is a unique chess rule which involves a special move in chess that many casual players are not aware of, the rule is called " en passant ".
  5. Tradition wants the walker, en passant in front of a cairn, to add a stone, his stone, to enrich the landmark.

Other meanings of EP