Homophone: <span class="searchmatch">échecs</span> <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> m (plural <span class="searchmatch">échecs</span>) failure Antonyms: réussite, succès être voué à l'échec ― to be doomed to failure (chess) check <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> et mat faire...
/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 tenir en <span class="searchmatch">échec</span>...
IPA(key): /tə.niʁ ɑ̃.n‿e.ʃɛk/ tenir en <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> (transitive) to keep in check, to hold in check, to thwart tenir en respect mettre en <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> faire <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> à...
Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">échecs</span> Wikipedia fr IPA(key): /e.ʃɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk Homophone: <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> <span class="searchmatch">échecs</span> m plural of <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> <span class="searchmatch">échecs</span> m pl (plural only) chess 2018...
IPA(key): /mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃.n‿e.ʃɛk/ mettre en <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> (transitive) to stymie; to defeat tenir en <span class="searchmatch">échec</span>...
conquered”). Perhaps conflated with Arabic مَاتَ (māta, “to die”). IPA(key): /e.ʃɛ.k‿e mat/ <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> et mat m (uncountable) checkmate <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> et mat checkmate...
Borrowed from French <span class="searchmatch">échec</span>. eșec n (plural eșecuri) failure Synonyms: înfrângere, insucces, neizbândă, nereușită...
IPA(key): /tə.ni.ʁ‿ɑ̃ ʁɛs.pɛ/ tenir en respect (transitive) to keep at bay tenir en <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> tenir à distance...
IPA(key): /fɛʁ pjɛs/ faire pièce (literary) to thwart, to stymie, to foil [with à ‘someone/something’] Synonyms: faire <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> à, contrecarrer...
(šâh-mât, “checkmate”)), through a European source like French <span class="searchmatch">échec</span> (“check”), <span class="searchmatch">échecs</span> (“chess”). Compare cờ tướng (“xiangqi”, literally “general board...