IPA(key): /mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿e.ʃɛk/ <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> (transitive) to stymie; to defeat tenir <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span>...
IPA(key): /tə.niʁ ɑ̃.n‿e.ʃɛk/ tenir <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> (transitive) to keep in check, to hold in check, to thwart tenir <span class="searchmatch">en</span> respect <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> faire <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> à...
hinderen (nl) Finnish: nujertaa (fi), lannistaa (fi) French: obstruer (fr), <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> German: lahmlegen (de) Greek: ματαιώνω (el) (mataióno) Hungarian: meghiúsít (hu)...
schaak, German Schach, Danish skak, Swedish schack, Icelandic skák, French <span class="searchmatch">échec</span>, Italian scacco. See chess and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”), from the...