Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun en_passant

1 sense of en passant

Sense 1
en passant -- ((chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed)
       => capture -- (the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board)

Synonyms of adv en_passant

1 sense of en passant

Sense 1
in passing, en passant -- (incidentally; in the course of doing something else; "he made this remark in passing")