English noun: en passant | |||
1. | en passant (act) (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed | ||
Broader (hypernym) | capture | ||
Domain category | chess, chess game | ||
English adverb: en passant | |||
1. | en passant incidentally; in the course of doing something else | ||
Samples | He made this remark in passing. | ||
Synonyms | in passing | ||