Etymology
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From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
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checkmate
- (chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
- (by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
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said when making the conclusive move in chess
- Albanian: shah mat
- Arabic: شَاهْ مَات m (šāh māt), مَات (ar) m (māt), كِش مَلِك m (kiš malik)
- Egyptian Arabic: كش ملك (kešš malek)
- Armenian: շախ և մատ (šax ew mat), մատ (hy) (mat)
- Belarusian: мат (mat), шах і мат (šax i mat)
- Bengali: কিস্তিমাত (bn) (kistimat)
- Bulgarian: мат (mat)
- Catalan: escac i mat (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 將死／将死 (zh) (jiāngsǐ), 將軍／将军 (zh) (jiāngjūn)
- Czech: mat (cs), šach mat m
- Danish: skakmat c
- Dutch: schaakmat (nl) n, mat (nl) n
- Estonian: šahh ja matt
- Faroese: skák og mát
- Finnish: shakki ja matti
- French: échec et mat (fr)
- Galician: xaque mate (gl), mate (gl) m
- Georgian: შამათი (ka) (šamati)
- German: schachmatt (de), schach und matt
- Greek: ματ (el) (mat)
- Hebrew: מָט (he) (mat)
- Hindi: मात (hi) (māt), शहमात (śahmāt)
- Hungarian: sakk-matt (hu)
- Indonesian: syahmat, skakmat, sekakmat (id)
- Italian: scacco matto (it)
- Japanese: チェックメイト (ja) (chekkumeito), 詰み (ja) (つみ, tsumi)
- Kalmyk: мад (mad)
- Khmer: ស្លាប់ក្រឡា (slap krɑlaa)
- Korean: 외통수 (oetongsu), 체크메이트 (chekeumeiteu)
- Latvian: šahs un mats
- Macedonian: шах-мат (šah-mat), мат (mat)
- Malay: syahmat (ms)
- Maori: whakamiere
- Middle English: chekmat
- Mongolian: мад (mn) (mad)
- Norwegian: sjakkmatt
- Persian: کیش و مات (kiš o mât), شاه مات (fa) (šâh mât), شهمات (fa) (šahmât), مات (fa) (mât)
- Polish: mat (pl) m, szach mat, szach i mat
- Portuguese: xeque-mate (pt) m, xaque-mate m
- Romanian: șah mat, mat (ro)
- Russian: мат (ru) m (mat), шах и мат (šax i mat)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: шах-мат, мат
- Roman: šah-mat (sh), mat (sh)
- Slovak: šachmat, mat
- Slovene: šah mat, mat (sl)
- Spanish: jaque mate, mate (es) m
- Swedish: schackmatt (sv)
- Tagalog: mate (tl)
- Tajik: шоҳ мот (šoh mot)
- Thai: รุกฆาต (rúk-kâat), รุกฆาตแล้ว (rúk-kâat-lɛ́ɛo)
- Turkish: şah mat (tr)
- Ukrainian: мат m (mat), шах і мат (šax i mat)
- Urdu: شاہ اور مات (śāh aur māt), شاہ مات (śāh māt)
- Vietnamese: chiếu tướng
- Welsh: siachmat m
- Yiddish: מאַט (mat)
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checkmate (countable and uncountable, plural checkmates)
- The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
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conclusive victory in a game of chess
- Arabic: شَاه مَات (šāh māt)
- Armenian: շախմատ (hy) (šaxmat)
- Belarusian: мат m (mat)
- Bulgarian: мат m (mat)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 將死／将死 (zh) (jiāngsǐ), 將軍／将军 (zh) (jiāngjūn)
- Czech: mat (cs) m
- Danish: skakmat, mat (da)
- Dutch: schaakmat (nl), mat (nl)
- Esperanto: ŝakmato (eo)
- Estonian: matt
- Faroese: mát n
- Finnish: matti (fi)
- French: échec et mat (fr) m
- Galician: xaque mate (gl) m
- Georgian: შამათი (ka) (šamati)
- German: Schachmatt (de) n
- Greek: ματ (el) n (mat)
- Hebrew: מט (he) (mat)
- Hungarian: sakk-matt (hu), matt (hu)
- Italian: scacco matto (it) m
- Japanese: 詰み (ja) (つみ, tsumi), チェックメイト (ja) (chekkumeito)
- Korean: 체크메이트 (chekeumeiteu), 외통수 (oetongsu)
- Maori: whakamiere
- Mongolian: мад (mn) (mad)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: sjakkmatt
- Nynorsk: sjakkmatt
- Persian: کیش و مات (kiš o mât), شهمات (fa) (šahmât), مات (fa) (mât)
- Polish: mat (pl) m
- Portuguese: xeque-mate (pt) m, xaque-mate m
- Romanian: șah mat n, mat (ro) n
- Russian: шах и мат m (šax i mat), мат (ru) m (mat)
- Scottish Gaelic: clos m
- Slovak: mat m
- Slovene: šah mat m, mat (sl) m
- Spanish: jaque mate m, mate (es) m
- Swedish: matt (sv) c, schack matt (sv) c
- Thai: รุกฆาต (rúk-kâat)
- Ukrainian: мат m (mat)
- Vietnamese: chiếu hết, chiếu bí
- Zazaki: sah mat c du
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losing situation with no escape
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checkmate (third-person singular simple present checkmates, present participle checkmating, simple past and past participle checkmated)
- (transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
That jerk checkmated me in four moves!
- (transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
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to put an opponent into checkmate
- Bulgarian: мати́рам (bg) (matíram)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 把...將死／把...将死 (bǎ...jiāngsǐ)
- Czech: matovat, dát mat
- Esperanto: ŝakmatigi
- Faroese: máta
- Finnish: matittaa (fi), tehdä matti
- French: faire échec et mat
- Georgian: დაშამათება (dašamateba) (verbal noun), აშამათებს (ašamatebs) (infinitive)
- Hungarian: mattot ad, megmattol (hu)
- Italian: dare scacco matto
- Japanese: チェックメート (chekkumēto)
- Maori: whakamiere
- Mongolian: мад хийх (mad xiix)
- Persian: شهمات کردن (šahmât kardan), مات کردن (fa) (mât kardan)
- Polish: zamatować pf, dać mata pf
- Russian: ста́вить мат impf (stávitʹ mat), поста́вить мат pf (postávitʹ mat)
- Scottish Gaelic: cuir clos air
- Slovak: dať šach mat
- Slovene: matirati
- Swedish: schackmatta (sv), sätta matt, göra matt, sätta schackmatt, göra schackmatt
- Thai: รุกฆาต (rúk-kâat)
- Vietnamese: chiếu bí
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to lead to a situation of no escape
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