IPA(key): /tə.niʁ ɑ̃.n‿e.ʃɛk/ <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> (transitive) to keep in check, to hold in check, to thwart <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> respect mettre <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> faire <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> à...
IPA(key): /mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿e.ʃɛk/ mettre <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> (transitive) to stymie; to defeat <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span>...
IPA(key): /tə.ni.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ʁɛs.pɛ/ <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> respect (transitive) to keep at bay <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> à distance...
/fɛʁ e.ʃɛk/ faire <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> to thwart, to foil, to stymie, to cause to fail, to make fail [with à ‘someone/something’] Synonym: faire pièce à <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span>...
doomed to failure (chess) check échec et mat faire <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> check → Catalan: xec “<span class="searchmatch">échec</span>”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized...
<span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> au corps <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> au courant <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> au jus <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> bon <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> chaud <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> compagnie <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> compte <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> de <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> debout <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> compte <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> tenir...
Literally, “to keep in check.” Compare French <span class="searchmatch">tenir</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span>. tenere in scacco (chess) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tenere, in,...