stalemate

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
2. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.

Verb

1. (transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.

Concepts

pat

impasse

blocage

cul-de-sac

repos

partie nulle

situation sans issue

Pat

surplace

arrêt

interblocage

bourbier

interruption

match nul

pétrin

Synonymes

deadlock

standstill

impasse

dead end

abeyance

draw

stagnation

checkmate

airless

agglutination

deadlocked

doldrums

stagnant conditions

fustiness

halt

hang-up

immobility

immovability

agglutinate

inextricable

interruption

knot

🪢

lump

mold

must

set-back

spavin

bone spavin

adhesion

stoppage

suspension

thwart

tie

desperate situation

being driven into a corner

ban

blind

Traductions

Patt

stallo

💺

tablas

Stillstand

πατ

pat

αδιέξοδο

Pattsituation

impasse

patt

impasse

patstelling

patt setzen

Stocken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsteɪlmeɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From stale + mate.