échec
Meaning
-
- failure
- check
Concepts
check-out procedure
dropping out of a class
chess game
ill success
bad success
Synonyms
abandon d’un cours
fausse-couche
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.ʃɛk/
Etymology
Inherited from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king or check at chess, shah”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). See also French mat.
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